Ancestor
21ancestor — noun (C) 1 a member of your family who lived a long time ago: My ancestors were French. 2 the form in which a modern machine, vehicle etc first existed: Babbage s invention was the ancestor of the modern computer. compare descendant ancestral… …
22ancestor — noun 1) he could trace his ancestors back to colonial Boston Syn: forebear, forefather, predecessor, antecedent, progenitor, primogenitor Ant: descendant, successor 2) the instrument is an ancestor of the lute Syn …
23ancestor — Kupuna; eleua (rare). ♦ Related through a common ancestor, pili ma ka hanauna, pili ma nā kūpuna. See iewe …
24ancestor — A predecessor in the family line. In statutes which provide for descent and distribution, the term embraces both lineals and collaterals. 23 Am J2d Desc & D § 77. Also, for the purposes of an ancestral estate statute, the term ancestor usually… …
25ancestor — n. (fem. ancestress) 1 any (esp. remote) person from whom one is descended. 2 an early type of animal or plant from which others have evolved. 3 an early prototype or forerunner (ancestor of the computer). Etymology: ME f. OF ancestre f. L… …
26Ancestor worship — is a practice based on the belief that deceased family members have a continued existence, take an interest in the affairs of the world, and/or possess the ability to influence the fortune of the living. All cultures attach ritual significance to …
27Ancestor (banda) — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Ancestor Información personal Origen Cuba Información& …
28ancestor worship — Anthropol. (in certain societies) the veneration of ancestors whose spirits are frequently held to possess the power to influence the affairs of the living. [1850 55] * * * Religious beliefs or practices that involve addressing prayers or… …
29ancestor worship — Worship of the ancestors (pitris) is a tradition in India dating to Vedic times (c. 1500 B.C.E.) Tradi tionally, a man is expected to offer libations of oil and water to his deceased father, grandfather, and great grandfather. The anniversary… …
30Ancestor Worship — The system of ancestor worship practised by the Chinese, and in other parts of the world, is an essential step in the process of creating gods from cultural heroes. The rank of god was originally a posthumous one, the assumption of divinity by …
