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
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
ancestorial + -ly
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Examples
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Where a nation has been ancestorially bound by foolish and improvident treaties, ample notice must be given of their termination.
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