ancestral

Adjective
Synonyms: hereditarypatrimonialtransmissible

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent“ancestral home”“ancestral lore”“hereditary monarchy”“patrimonial estate”“transmissible tradition”Synonyms: hereditarypatrimonialtransmissible
  2. of or belonging to or inherited from an ancestor
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Ancestral \An*ces"tral\ (?; 277), a. Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors; as, an ancestral estate. "Ancestral trees." --Hemans. [1913 Webster]
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