ancestry meaning

EN[ˈæn.sɛs.tɹi]

Definition of ancestry in English Dictionary

• NounPLancestries+-
  1. Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent.
     1. 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.
• More Examples
  1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
     • the city folk, if they cared to, could trace their ancestry back to the same kind of village that they were now returning to for their summerings.

• Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
  1. Nouns
     • Countable nouns

Other Vocabulary

1. en auncestry
2. en ancestors
3. en ancestor
4. en ancestral
5. fr ancestral