Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In an ancestorial manner; with regard to ancestors. Sydney Smith.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb With regard to ancestors.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb In an ancestorial context.

Etymologies

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ancestorial +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Where a nation has been ancestorially bound by foolish and improvident treaties, ample notice must be given of their termination.

    Fallacies of Anti-Reformers 1909

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