They were erected to commemorate a certain event or to tell an ancestral legend.
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Ancestral
/ænˈsɛs.təɹ.əl/
Synonyms for "ancestral" (111 found)
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Closest matches (23)
Adjective(13 words)
hereditaryancestry-relatedancientancient civilization mythsancient codesarchaicassyrian civilizationassyrian personclassical legal heritagecultural remnantdynasticdynastic chartethnic attribute
Noun(3 words)
Verb(1 words)
Strong matches (33)
Adjective(17 words)
ethnic communityethnic community centerethnic community eventsethnic community programsethnic descriptorethnic identityethnic neighborhoodethnic originethnic paradeethnic populationfamily originsfounding stockgenealogicgenealogicalgenetic historyhereditary diseaseheritage-based
Noun(11 words)
ethnic cuisinefamily chroniclefamily connectionfamily historianfamily history chartingfamily history interviewfamily medical historygenetic relationheirloomheritage itemheritage related
Related words (55)
Adjective(19 words)
historicimmemoriallineage-basedlinealpatrimonialphyleticprimitiveprimitive societyproto language familyproto-mayanscottish persontime-honoredtradition-relatedtraditionaltraditional curriculumtraditional holidaystraditional storytransmissibletribal land
humanoidmaternalmothermotherlikemotherlyparentparentalpaternalpatriarchalpreadamitepreglacialprehistoricprehumanprimeprimevalprimitiveprimogenialprimoprimitiveprimordialpristine
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Verb(1 words)
Noun(12 words)
Adverb(1 words)
most tribal affiliation
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7 entriesCollocations
6 entriesancestral customsancestral heritageancestral homeancestral jewelryancestral lineageancestral roots
Inflections
2 entriesmore ancestralmost ancestral
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2 entriesSample sentences
35 total sentences available.
Our ancestral home is in Tongli, Jiangsu.
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A mirror is better than an entire row of ancestral portraits.
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All countries have a responsibility to preserve the ancestral relics of every people group within their borders, and to pass these on to the coming generations.
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