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Ancestry

/ˈæn.sɛs.tɹi/

Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent.

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noun
  1. 1

    Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent.

    "Title and ancestry render a good man more illustrious, but an ill one more contemptible. -Addison."

  2. 2

    A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent.

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