ancestry
IPA: ˈænsɛstri
noun
- The state of being ancestors
- birth to a noble or high-ranking family, or to someone of honorable descent.
- A series of ancestors; the people from whom one is descended
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Examples of "ancestry" in Sentences
- A mongrel is something of mixed ancestry.
- The ancestry of the Shar Pei is uncertain.
- But the ancestry of the Saint is irrelevant.
- This is the ancestry of the Chinese language.
- Thus, it is an amoeba of flagellate ancestry.
- The Arneja ancestry is of the Punjab and Sindh.
- Stop aggravating the reputation of the ancestry.
- Humans share a common ancestry with the housefly.
- Also the issue on Nightbeat reveals the ancestry of the name.
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