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- Dictionaryancestral/anˈsɛstr(ə)l/
adjective
- 1. of, belonging to, or inherited from an ancestor or ancestors: "the family's ancestral home"
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Ancestral means relating to members of your family from the past. Learn how to use this word in sentences and see translations in different languages.
Learn the meaning of ancestral, an adjective that describes something related to or inherited from an ancestor. See examples of ancestral in sentences, synonyms, word history, and related phrases.
Ancestral things have been around so long that they once belonged to your ancestors, the family members who lived before your grandparents were born. Your ancestral home is the place your great-grandparents or great-great-uncle once lived.
Ancestral means related to ancestors or inherited from them. It can also be a noun in logic to describe a relation between two things. Learn more about its origin, usage, and related words.
Definition of ancestral adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Ancestral means of, inherited from, or derived from ancestors. It can also refer to a relation that holds between x and y if there is a chain of instances of a given relation leading from x to y.
Ancestral means inherited or derived from one's ancestors. It can also refer to a logical relation between two things that are connected by a chain of instances. See synonyms, translations and usage examples of ancestral.
Learn the meaning of ancestral, an adjective that describes something related to or inherited from an ancestor or ancestors. See synonyms, antonyms, origin, and sentence examples of ancestral.
UK /anˈsɛstr(ə)l/ adjective of, belonging to, or inherited from an ancestor or ancestors the family's ancestral home Examples That which is patrimonial is that which is inherited from the ancestral past.
1960, Guy E. Swanson, The Birth of the Gods: The Origin of Primitive Beliefs, page 103: Only three of the 23 societies with such kinship groups lack active ancestrals. Half of the 24 societies without such kinship gropus posses active ancestral spirits. 1999, Surinder Jit Singh Pall, The Masters & the Word Divine: Questions-answers, page 32:
