Definitions
inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
Word origin
From Anglo-Norman ancestrel, from ancestre (“ancestor”), equivalent to ancestor + -al.
Used in a sentence
“an ancestral estate”
“one’s ancestral home”
“It seems that people with an ancestral history of enduring famines develop a tendency to store more body fat, becoming overfat even when they aren’t overweight.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Family-line related”9 letters
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