Ancestral Definition & Meaning
ancestral
- adjective
- inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent; "ancestral home"; "ancestral lore"; "hereditary monarchy"; "patrimonial estate"; "transmissible tradition"
- of or belonging to or inherited from an ancestor
Words that rhyme with ancestral
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