First+ancestor

  • 1Ancestor 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 …

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  • 2Ancestor — An ces*tor, n. [OE. ancestre, auncestre, also ancessour; the first forms fr. OF. ancestre, F. anc[^e]tre, fr. the L. nom. antessor one who goes before; the last form fr. OF. ancessor, fr. L. acc. antecessorem, fr. antecedere to go before; ante… …

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  • 3First Life (TV series) — First Life is a 2010 British nature documentary written and presented by David Attenborough, also known by the expanded titles David Attenborough s First Life (UK) and First Life with David Attenborough (USA). It was first broadcast in the USA as …

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  • 4ancestor — an|ces|tor [ˈænsəstə, ses US sestər] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: ancestre, from Latin antecessor one who goes before , from antecedere; ANTECEDENT] 1.) a member of your family who lived a long time ago →↑descendant ▪ My ancestors… …

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  • 5First Sacred War — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=First Sacred War date=c. 595 BC ndash; 585 BC place=Mainland Greece result=Destruction of Kirrha and liberation of Delphi. combatant1=Amphictyonic League of Delphi, Sicyon combatant2=Kirrha… …

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  • 6ancestor — [13] Ultimately, ancestor is the same word as antecedent [14]: both come from the Latin compound verb antecēdere ‘precede’, formed from the prefix ante ‘before’ and the verb cēdere ‘go’ (source of English cede and a host of related words, such as …

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  • 7ancestor — [13] Ultimately, ancestor is the same word as antecedent [14]: both come from the Latin compound verb antecēdere ‘precede’, formed from the prefix ante ‘before’ and the verb cēdere ‘go’ (source of English cede and a host of related words, such as …

    Word origins

  • 8First Family — For the comedy album by Vaughn Meader, see The First Family (album). A First Family is an unofficial title for the family of the head of state or head of government of a country (usually a republic). A First Family usually consists of: *The head… …

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  • 9First King of Shannara — Infobox Book | name = First King of Shannara title orig = translator = image caption = 1997 paperback edition cover author = Terry Brooks illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = Prequel to The Original… …

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  • 10ancestor — 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… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English