Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AN'CES-TRY
AN'CES-TRY, n.
A series of ancestors, or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent. Hence birth or honorable descent. – Addison.
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AN'CES-TRY, n.
A series of ancestors, or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent. Hence birth or honorable descent. – Addison.
Return to page 118 of the letter “A”.