Definition of Ancesry
An"ces*try (&?;), n. [Cf. OF.
ancesserie. See Ancestor.] 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. A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage,
or those who compose the line of natural descent.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- 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.
- A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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