Ancestors
Inheritance and ancestors are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Inheritance" instead a noun "Ancestors".
Inheritance
Inheritance noun - Something that is or may be inherited.
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Synonyms for Inheritance
Ancestors and inheritance are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ancestors" instead a noun "Inheritance".
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Related pairs
- people and ancestors
- people and inheritance
- relationship and ancestors
- relationship and inheritance
- kindred and ancestors
- kindred and inheritance
- class and ancestors
- class and inheritance
- ancestry and ancestors
- ancestry and inheritance
- heritage and ancestors
- heritage and inheritance
- strain and ancestors
- strain and inheritance
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- Their earliest ancestors were human aristocrats and elven opportunists looking for an inheritance from the short-lived humans (not knowing at the time that their species were mutually-fertile).
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Also included will be dead ancestors which will be honored, carefully recorded and used to make claims in convoluted inheritance disputes.
Source: The Clan -
There are numerous Harry Potter fics out there where, in addition to his already sizeable inheritence, Harry inherits even more money from Sirius Black (and often several fortunes from other ancestors such as Merlin and Gryffindor that weren't included in his original inheritance for some reason).
Source: Fiction 500
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