ancestral
adjective
an·ces·tral
an-ˈse-strəl 
: of, relating to, or inherited from an ancestor
ancestral estates
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However, being unemployed stripped away my defenses and revealed a deep need for ancestral guidance in a season when my world felt unstable.
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Essence, 10 Oct. 2025
Each of the art centers will showcase must-see exhibits that explore railroad building, ancestral ceramic making techniques, heritage and how Latinx communities relate to home and nature.
—Miguel Figueroa, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
Arsenal loved their elegant Art Deco ancestral home at Highbury.
—Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Fiction features include Meyar Roumi’s 2023 feature The Return, about a Syrian historian living in exile in Marseilles, who travels to Damascus to retrieve the remains of his younger brother, who was shot as freedom fighter, and move them to the north in accordance with ancestral traditions.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
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Essence, 10 Oct. 2025
Each of the art centers will showcase must-see exhibits that explore railroad building, ancestral ceramic making techniques, heritage and how Latinx communities relate to home and nature.
—Miguel Figueroa, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
Arsenal loved their elegant Art Deco ancestral home at Highbury.
—Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Fiction features include Meyar Roumi’s 2023 feature The Return, about a Syrian historian living in exile in Marseilles, who travels to Damascus to retrieve the remains of his younger brother, who was shot as freedom fighter, and move them to the north in accordance with ancestral traditions.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Ancestral.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ancestral. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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ancestral
adjective
an·ces·tral
an-ˈses-trəl
: of, relating to, or developed from an ancestor
ancestral home
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