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Ancestry - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Ancestry : (noun)
1: the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has
been warriors" [syn: lineage, line, line of descent,
descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree,
origin, parentage, stemma, stock]
2: inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
[syn: lineage, derivation, filiation]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Ancestry : \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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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