Word Meanings - ANCESTRAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors; as, an ancestral estate. "Ancestral trees." Hemans.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ANCESTRAL)

• Antique
• Archaic
• ancient
• ancestral
• Hereditary
• Inherited
• lineal

Related words: (words related to ANCESTRAL)

• INHERITABILITY
  The quality of being inheritable or descendible to heirs. Jefferson.
• INHERITOR
  One who inherits; an heir. Born inheritors of the dignity. Milton.
• INHERITRIX
  See SHAK
• INHERITABLY
  By inheritance. Sherwood.
• ANTIQUENESS
  The quality of being antique; an appearance of ancient origin and workmanship. We may discover something venerable in the antiqueness of the work. Addison.
• HEREDITARY
  1. Descended, or capable of descending, from an ancestor to an heir at law; received or passing by inheritance, or that must pass by inheritance; as, an hereditary estate or crown. 2. Transmitted, or capable of being transmitted, as a
• ARCHAICAL
  Archaic. -- Ar*cha"ic*al*ly, adv.
• ANTIQUELY
  In an antique manner.
• INHERITRESS
  A heiress. Milman.
• INHERITABLE
  Capable of taking by inheritance, or of receiving by descent; capable of succeeding to, as an heir. By attainder . . . the blood of the person attainted is so corrupted as to be rendered no longer inheritable. Blackstone. The eldest daughter of
• ANTIQUE
  1. Old; ancient; of genuine antiquity; as, an antique statue. In this sense it usually refers to the flourishing ages of Greece and Rome. For the antique world excess and pride did hate. Spenser. 2. Old, as respects the present age, or a modern
• ANCIENTNESS
  The quality of being ancient; antiquity; existence from old times.
• ANCIENTLY
  1. In ancient times. 2. In an ancient manner.
• INHERIT
  To take by descent from an ancestor; to take by inheritance; to take as heir on the death of an ancestor or other person to whose estate one succeeds; to receive as a right or title descendible by law from an ancestor at his decease; as, the heir
• ARCHAIC
  Of or characterized by antiquity or archaism; antiquated; obsolescent.
• LINEAL
  1. Descending in a direct line from an ancestor; hereditary; derived from ancestors; -- opposed to collateral; as, a lineal descent or a lineal descendant. The prime and ancient right of lineal succession. Locke. 2. Inheriting by direct descent;
• INHERITANCE
  Transmission and reception by animal or plant generation. (more info) 1. The act or state of inheriting; as, the inheritance of an estate; the inheritance of mental or physical qualities. 2. That which is or may be inherited; that which is derived
• LINEALLY
  In a lineal manner; as, the prince is lineally descended from the Conqueror.
• ANCIENTRY
  1. Antiquity; what is ancient. They contain not word of ancientry. West. 2. Old age; also, old people. Wronging the ancientry. Shak. 3. Ancient lineage; ancestry; dignity of birth. A gentleman of more ancientry than estate. Fuller.
• ANCESTRAL
  Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors; as, an ancestral estate. "Ancestral trees." Hemans.
• RECTILINEAL; RECTILINEAR
  Straight; consisting of a straight line or lines; bounded by straight lines; as, a rectineal angle; a rectilinear figure or course. -- Rec`ti*lin"e*al*ly, adv. -- Rec`ti*lin"e*ar*ly, adv.
• VERD ANTIQUE
  A mottled-green serpentine marble. A green porphyry called oriental verd antique.
• DISINHERITANCE
  The act of disinheriting, or the condition of being; disinherited; disherison.
• DISINHERIT
  1. To cut off from an inheritance or from hereditary succession; to prevent, as an heir, from coming into possession of any property or right, which, by law or custom, would devolve on him in the course of descent. Of how fair a portion
• CENTROLINEAL
  Converging to a center; -- applied to lines drawn so as to meet in a point or center.
• FANTIGUE; FANTIQUE
  State of worry or excitment; fidget; ill humor. Dickens.