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Ancestry

Ancestry Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Ancestry? [n] inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline [n] the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Ancestry: blood \| blood line \| bloodline \| derivation \| descent \| filiation \| line \| line of descent \| lineage \| lineage \| origin \| parentage \| pedigree \| stock Related Terms \| Find terms related to Ancestry: affiliation \| agnate \| agnation \| alliance \| aristocracy \| aristocraticalness \| birth \| blood \| blood relation \| blood relationship \| blood relative \| blue blood \| breed \| breeding \| brotherhood \| brothership \| clansman \| cognate \| cognation \| collateral \| collateral relative \| common ancestry \| common descent \| connection \| connections \| consanguinean \| consanguinity \| cousinhood \| cousinship \| derivation \| descent \| distaff side \| distant relation \| distinction \| enate \| enation \| extraction \| family \| fatherhood \| filiation \| flesh \| flesh and blood \| folks \| fraternity \| genteelness \| gentility \| german \| honorable descent \| kin \| kindred \| kinfolk \| kinnery \| kinsfolk \| kinship \| kinsman \| kinsmen \| kinswoman \| kith and kin \| line \| lineage \| maternity \| matrilineage \| matriliny \| matrisib \| matrocliny \| motherhood \| near relation \| next of kin \| nobility \| noble birth \| nobleness \| origin \| paternity \| patrilineage \| patriliny \| patrisib \| patrocliny \| pedigree \| people \| posterity \| propinquity \| quality \| race \| rank \| relation \| relations \| relationship \| relatives \| royalty \| sib \| sibling \| sibship \| sisterhood \| sistership \| source \| spear kin \| spear side \| spindle kin \| spindle side \| stock \| sword side \| ties of blood \| tribesman \| uterine kin See Also \| bloodline \| breed \| breed \| descent \| extraction \| family \| family line \| family tree \| folk \| genealogy \| hereditary pattern \| inheritance \| kinfolk \| kinsfolk \| origin \| pedigree \| phratry \| sept \| side \| strain Ancestry In Webster's Dictionary \An"ces*try\, n. [Cf. OF. ancesserie. See {Ancestor}.] 1. Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent. Title and ancestry render a good man more illustrious, but an ill one more contemptible. --Addison. 2. A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent.

Ancestry Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ancestry?

[n] inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
[n] the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"

Ancestry In Webster's Dictionary

\An"ces*try\, n. [Cf. OF. ancesserie. See {Ancestor}.]
1. Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth
   or honorable descent.

         Title and ancestry render a good man more
         illustrious, but an ill one more contemptible.
                                               --Addison.

2. A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those
   who compose the line of natural descent.

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