ancestry : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: ancestry	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ancestry n the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors" Synonym(s): lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline Synonym(s): ancestry, lineage, derivation, filiation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ancestry \An"cestry\, 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.