noun /ˈæn.sɛs.tɹi/
Title and ancestry render a good man more illustrious, but an ill one more contemptible. -Addison.
b) A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent. <! material copied from Websters Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
See Also: ancestor
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