ancestral
adjective [ before noun ] uk/ænˈses.trəl/ us/ænˈses.trəl/
祖先的，祖传的
relating to members of your family from the past
an ancestral home 祖屋
ancestral rights 祖传权益
See: ancestor
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- Her musical gifts are a kind of ancestral heritage passed to her from her grandmother.
- They had long planned to visit the family's ancestral homeland in the Philippines.
- Immigrants worry that their children will lose their ancestral tongue and values.
- The family has an ancestral tie to the Mohegan people through their maternal grandfather.