Adjective
- 1. ancestral, hereditary, patrimonial, transmissible, inheritable (vs. noninheritable), heritable
- usage: inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent; "ancestral home"; "ancestral lore"; "hereditary monarchy"; "patrimonial estate"; "transmissible tradition"
- 2. ancestral
- usage: of or belonging to or inherited from an ancestor
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