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| Main Entry: |
familial
 [fuh-mil-yuhl, -mil-ee-uhl] 
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ancestral |
| Synonyms: | domestic, family, genetic, hereditary, inherited |
| Main Entry: | patrimonial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ancestral |
| Synonyms: | affiliated, born with, congenital, consanguine, consanguineous, familial, genealogical, hereditary, in the family, inborn, inbred, inherited, innate, lineal, maternal, old, past, paternal, running in the family, totemic, tribal |
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Example Sentences
- We're a diverse community, with varying ambitions and familial aspirations.
- He hopes to identify the gene for familial synesthesia in order to learn more, he says.
- These are offered, not as heavy-handed lessons, but rather as prompts for familial discussion.
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