Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or constituting a progenitor.
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Examples
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Families against whom neither Thompson lawyer nor Bairam physician could recollect a progenitorial blot, either on the male or female side, were not numerous.
Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Complete George Meredith 1868
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Still the promptness to laugh is an excellent progenitorial foundation for the wit to come in a people; and undoubtedly the diarial record of an imputed piece of wit is witness to the spouting of laughter.
Diana of the Crossways — Complete George Meredith 1868
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Still the promptness to laugh is an excellent progenitorial foundation for the wit to come in a people; and undoubtedly the diarial record of an imputed piece of wit is witness to the spouting of laughter.
Diana of the Crossways — Volume 1 George Meredith 1868
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Families against whom neither Thompson lawyer nor Bairam physician could recollect a progenitorial blot, either on the male or female side, were not numerous.
Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Volume 2 George Meredith 1868
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Still the promptness to laugh is an excellent progenitorial foundation for the wit to come in a people; and undoubtedly the diarial record of an imputed piece of wit is witness to the spouting of laughter.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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Families against whom neither Thompson lawyer nor Bairam physician could recollect a progenitorial blot, either on the male or female side, were not numerous.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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