| ancestral | (adjective) of or belonging to or inherited from an ancestor | - |
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| (adjective) inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent | Synonyms: hereditary, patrimonial, transmissible |
| anchoritic | (adjective) characterized by ascetic solitude | Synonyms: eremitic, eremitical, hermitic, hermitical |
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| ancient | (adjective) very old | - |
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| (adjective) belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire | - |
| ancillary | (adjective) furnishing added support | Synonyms: accessory, adjunct, adjuvant, appurtenant, auxiliary |
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