Family
Family noun - A group of persons who come from the same ancestor.
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Passed down and family are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Passed down" instead an adjective "Family".
Nearby Word: familial
Passed down
Family and passed down are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Family" instead an adjective "Passed down".
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Both terms in one sentence
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The first scenario is a vision of the prince surrounded by his ex-servants, clutching to himself a sword passed down from his family for generations.
Source: Visual Novel / Fading Hearts -
Deadpan Snarker - Del Pilar.Del Pilar: It's a technique that's been passed down my family for generations, Shepard.
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Also, in The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual, the riddle passed down by the Musgrave family turns out to be instructions to locating some ostensible treasure.
Source: Grail in the Garbage
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Passed down and Family. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 03, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/family/passed_down
Family & Passed down. N.p., 2016. Web. 03 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/family/passed_down>.
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