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Ancestrial vs Ancestral - What's the difference?

ancestrial | ancestral |

As adjectives the difference between ancestrial and ancestral

is that ancestrial is ancestral while ancestral is of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors; as, an ancestral estate.

ancestrial

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (dated) Ancestral.

    • ancestral

    English

    Alternative forms

    * ancestrall (obsolete) * auncestral (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors; as, an ancestral estate.

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