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Webster 1913 Edition

Ancestral

An-ces′tral

(?; 277)

,

Adj.

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

as, an

ancestral

estate

.

“Ancestral trees.”

Hemans.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ancestral

AN'CESTRAL

,

Adj.

Relating or belonging to ancestors; claimed or descending from ancestors; as, an ancestral estate.