English > ancestral: 2 senses > adjective 1| Meaning | inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent. |
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| Examples | - "ancestral home"
- "ancestral lore"
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| Synonyms | hereditary, patrimonial, transmissible |
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| Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
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| Broader | inheritable, heritable | Capable of being inherited |
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| Spanish | ancestral, hereditario, patrimonial, transmisible |
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| Catalan | ancestral, hereditari, patrimonial, transmissible |
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| Nouns | ancestor | someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) |
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