ancestors

Synonyms

dynasty effector folk descent ancestry predecessor ancestor extraction lineage kin genealogy parentage pedigree organiser forefather
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Antonyms

offspring posterity

Phrases with the word

Ancestors' Day female ancestors via the male ancestors

Examples

It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors. Plutarch

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests, and mines, and stone quarries; and every man is a quotation from all his ancestors. Ralph Waldo Emerson

I shall cheerfully bear the reproach of having descended below the dignity of history if I can succeed in placing before the English of the nineteenth century a true picture of the life of their ancestors. Thomas Babington Macaulay

The glory of ancestors should not prevent a man winning glory for himself. Serbian Proverb

Praise borrowed from ancestors is but very sorry praise. Danish Proverb

Hold on tight to the words of your ancestors. New Zealander Proverb