01 n. Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent.
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Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent.“Title and ancestry render a good man more illustrious, but an ill one more contemptible.” — Addison.
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A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent.