Ancestry

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Ancestral descent or lineage.
  • n. Ancestors considered as a group.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent.
  • n. A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent.
  • n. A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A series or line of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose a preceding line of natural descent.
  • n. Hence Descent from a line of honorable ancestors; high birth.
  • n. In biology, the series of ancestors or ancestral types through which an organized being may have come to be what it is in the process of evolution.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
  • n. the descendants of one individual
    • Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    lineage    progeniture   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    parentage    heritage    lineage    ancestor    descent   
     
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