'ancestral' definitions:
Definition of 'ancestral'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent; "ancestral home"; "ancestral lore"; "hereditary monarchy"; "patrimonial estate"; "transmissible tradition" [syn: ancestral, hereditary, patrimonial, transmissible]
adjective
Of or belonging to or inherited from an ancestor
Synonyms of 'ancestral'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aboriginal,
- ancestorial,
- antepatriarchal,
- atavistic,
- autochthonous,
- fatherlike,
- fatherly,
- grandfatherly,
- grandmotherly,
- grandparental,
- humanoid,
- maternal,
- mother,
- motherlike,
- motherly,
- parent,
- parental,
- paternal,
- patriarchal,
- preadamite,
- preglacial,
- prehistoric,
- prehuman,
- prime,
- primeval,
- primitive,
- primogenial,
- primoprimitive,
- primordial,
- pristine,
- protohistoric,
- protohuman