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Ancestral Common

Origin: Latin suffix -al

Ancestral has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent

"ancestral home"

"ancestral lore"

"hereditary monarchy"

"patrimonial estate"

"transmissible tradition"

2

of or belonging to or inherited from an ancestor

"The family gathered around a table displaying their ancestral heirlooms that had been passed down through generations."

3

Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors

"The family gathered to honor their ancestral home that had been in the village for over three centuries."

Example Sentences
"ancestral home" adjective
"ancestral lore" adjective
"hereditary monarchy" adjective
"patrimonial estate" adjective
"transmissible tradition" adjective
Related Terms
Rhyming Words
ral tral ural oral gral aral kral aural jural loral acral moral dural meral sural boral rural coral feral viral
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