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ancestral
adjective
(an-ces-tral)
inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
Synonyms:
hereditary
,
patrimonial
,
transmissible
,
Examples:
Ancestral home.
Ancestral lore.
ancestral
(an-ces-tral)
of or belonging to or inherited from an ancestor
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patrimonial
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hereditary
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,
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,
heritage
,
homeland
,
indigenous
,
tribal
,
atavistic
,
traditional
,
communal
,
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,
aboriginal
,
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,
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,
longstanding
,
old
,
vintage
,
former
,
winnipeg
,
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,
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,
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,
salafi
,
matrilineal
,
patrilineal
,
prehistoric
,
paternal
,
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,
genealogical
,
matriarchal
,
familial
,
amerindian
,
primeval
,
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,
nilotic
,
algonquian
,
endogamous
,
austronesian
,
iroquoian
,
siouan
,
palaeolithic
,
prehistorical
,
zamindari
,
chordate
,
polyandrous
,
protogenic
,
ancestorially
,
ovambo
,
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,
manorial
,
mughal
,
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,
feudal
,
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,
tsimshian
,
irula
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
hamitic
,
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,
dogon
,
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,
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,
bisayan
,
negroid
,
caddoan
,
uncultivable
,
nahua
,
biogeographic
,
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,
shikar
,
neolithic
,
brahmanic
,
andamanese
,
huichol
,
genealogize
,
efik
,
quechuan
,
gond
,
puranic
,
ethnographical
,
exilic
,
mesolithic
,
neandertal
,
prakrit
,
palaeontological
,
scythian
,
chagga
,
druidic
,
anthropological
,
landowning
,
kashubian
,
ancestral
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