Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Ancestral \An*ces"tral\ (?; 277), a.
Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor
or ancestors; as, an ancestral estate. ``Ancestral trees.''
--Hemans.
Source : WordNet®
ancestral
adj 1: inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal
rules) of descent; "ancestral home"; "ancestral lore";
"hereditary monarchy"; "patrimonial estate";
"transmissible tradition" [syn: {hereditary}, {patrimonial},
{transmissible}]
2: of or belonging to or inherited from an ancestor