ancestry
(noun)
noun
1. the descendants of one individual
Similar word(s): blood, bloodline, descent, line, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock
Definition categories: group, genealogy
2. inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
Similar word(s): derivation, filiation, lineage
Definition categories: attribute, inheritance
Sentences with ancestry as a noun:
- Title and ancestry render a good man more illustrious, but an ill one more contemptible. -Addison.