ancestral

Meanings

Plural: ancestrals

Adjective Satellite

• inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
  • "ancestral home"
  • "ancestral lore"

Adjective

• of or belonging to or inherited from an ancestor

Adj

• Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors

Noun

• An ancestor or forbear.
• A descendant of one's ancestors.
• An elderly relative.
• A genetic precursor.
• A forerunner; One who was involved in an earlier version of something.
• An earlier version of something.
• The spirit of one's ancestor.
• One who follows, honors, or is attracted to an ancestral tradition.
• A relationship in which something is a precursor.

Synonyms

hereditary, patrimonial, transmissible

Anagrams of ancestral