a. Obs. rare–1. [f. ANCESTOR + -Y, after words like intercessor-y, due to L. forms in -ōri-us. Cf. ANCESTORIAL.] = ANCESTRAL.
1650. Elderfield, Right of Tythes, 291. The former may have been our ancestory principles and rules.
a. Obs. rare–1. [f. ANCESTOR + -Y, after words like intercessor-y, due to L. forms in -ōri-us. Cf. ANCESTORIAL.] = ANCESTRAL.
1650. Elderfield, Right of Tythes, 291. The former may have been our ancestory principles and rules.
