Ancestral home — In Chinese culture and society, hometown or ancestral home ( zh. 籍貫, 祖籍 or 鄉下) is the place of origin of one s extended family. It may or may not be the place where one is born. For instance, Physics Nobelist Tsung Dao Lee was born in Shanghai,… … Wikipedia
ancestral home — n. home of forefathers … English contemporary dictionary
James K. Polk Ancestral Home — Infobox nrhp | name =James K. Polk Ancestral Home nrhp type =nhl |250px caption = location= Columbia, Tennessee lat degrees = 35 | lat minutes = 36 | lat seconds = 53.71 | lat direction = N long degrees = 87 | long minutes = 2 | long seconds = 14 … Wikipedia
ancestral — [[t]ænse̱strəl[/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n You use ancestral to refer to a person s family in former times, especially when the family is important and has property or land which they have had for a long time. ...the family s ancestral home in southern… … English dictionary
ancestral — ancestrally, adv. /an ses treuhl/, adj. 1. pertaining to ancestors; descending or claimed from ancestors: an ancestral home. 2. serving as a forerunner, prototype, or inspiration. [1425 75; late ME aunce(s)trel < MF, equiv. to ancestre ANCESTOR + … Universalium
home — n. establishment providing care or service 1) to manage, operate, ran a home 2) a convalescent; detention; funeral (AE); nursing; remand (BE); rest; retirement home residence 3) to build; establish a home 4) to provide a home for 5) to make one s … Combinatory dictionary
home — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 where sb lives; where sb/sth comes from ADJECTIVE ▪ family, marital (BrE), matrimonial (BrE), parental (BrE) ▪ It s unusual for young people over 25 to still live in the family home. ▪ … Collocations dictionary
home — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. domicile, residence, abode, dwelling; shelter, refuge, asylum, sanctuary; habitat, habitation, environment; native land, fatherland, country, homeland, stateside (inf.). See obedience. II (Roget s IV) … English dictionary for students
home — Synonyms and related words: Heaven, Paradise, VA hospital, Vaterland, a better place, abode, accessible, adept in, afterlife, afterworld, almshouse, ancestral halls, asylum, at ease, at home, available, bailiwick, base hospital, birthplace,… … Moby Thesaurus
ancestral — adj. Ancestral is used with these nouns: ↑home, ↑homeland, ↑house, ↑land, ↑past, ↑shrine, ↑spirit, ↑tradition … Collocations dictionary
