ANCESTRIES

Noun

ancestries

plural of ancestry

Anagrams

• increasest, resistance, senatrices

Source: Wiktionary

ANCESTRY

An"ces*try, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. ancesserie. See Ancestor.]

1. 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.

2. A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition