ANCESTRY


Meaning of ANCESTRY in English

noun

one's progenitors or their character or quality as a whole

a man of noble ancestry

Synonyms: blood, descent, extraction, lineage, origin, pedigree

Related Word: family, kindred, line, race, stock; derivation, source; breed, breeding

Antonyms: descendants; posterity

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