Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as ancestral.

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  • adjective dated Ancestral.

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Examples

  • Ezra Levant, who IS clearly a bigot by all accounts, has chosen to minimize my support of Israel and its right to defend itself based on an unfortunate and regrettable comment I made regarding the Czech Foreign Minister and his ancestrial background.

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  • Wyoming for many years and that they still have their main ancestrial family roost in the NYC area, i.e. - the Westchester County family estate of Pocantico.

    WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2009

  • Since you mentioned the USA, there are VAST differences in culture, ancestrial backgrounds, religion, and outlook between New York, Texas and California,.

    open Democracy News Analysis - Comments 2009

  • Ezra Levant, who IS clearly a bigot by all accounts, has chosen to minimize my support of Israel and its right to defend itself based on an unfortunate and regrettable comment I made regarding the Czech Foreign Minister and his ancestrial background.

    Liblogs.ca latest blog entries 2009

  • Wait til America puts two and two together and realizes that Palin went to school in Idaho, the ancestrial home of the skin head.

    WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2008

  • Wait til America puts two and two together and realizes that Palin went to school in Idaho, the ancestrial home of the skin head.

    WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2008

  • Wait til America puts two and two together and realizes that Palin went to school in Idaho, the ancestrial home of the skin head.

    WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2008

  • Wait til America puts two and two together and realizes that Palin went to school in Idaho, the ancestrial home of the skin head.

    WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2008

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