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Meaning of ancestry

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

ancestry

Pronunciation:/ˈæn.sɛs.tɹi/

noun

Definitions

  1. Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent.

    Example: Title and ancestry render a good man more illustrious, but an ill one more contemptible. -Addison.

  2. A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent.