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The correct spelling is ancestry.
How to pronounce ancestry
noun
IPA: /ˈæn.sɛs.tɹi/
Say it like: Ans-est-ree
The correct spelling is ancestry. Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent. For example: "Title and ancestry render a good man more illustrious, but an ill one more contemptible. -Addison."
Usage Examples
“Title and ancestry render a good man more illustrious, but an ill one more contemptible. -Addison.”
Definition
noun
- 1.Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent.
- 2.A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent.
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