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an⋅ces⋅try
[an-ses-tree or, especially Brit., -suh-stree] 
sɛs
–noun, plural -tries.
| 1. | family or ancestral descent; lineage. |
| 2. | honorable or distinguished descent: famous by title and ancestry. |
| 3. | a series of ancestors: His ancestry settled Utah. |
| 4. | the inception or origin of a phenomenon, object, idea, or style. |
| 5. | the history or developmental process of a phenomenon, object, idea, or style. |
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| an·ces·try (ān'sěs'trē) n. pl. an·ces·tries
[Middle English auncestrie, alteration (influenced by auncestre) of Old French ancesserie, from ancessour, ancestor, from Latin antecessor; see ancestor.] |
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Ancestry
An"ces*try\, 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.
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Language Translation for : ancestry
Spanish:
ascendencia, linaje, estirpe,
German:
die Abstammung,
Japanese:
家系
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