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Meanings of dead ancestors in English

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Usage of dead ancestors in English
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These elephants of the sky are our dead ancestors watching over us.
Kari the Elephant
2
Theophilus would point to them as to a portrait-gallery of dead ancestors.
The Romance of Zion Chapel [3d ed.]
3
They honor dead ancestors and take great care of their remains.
The Pharaoh and the Priest: An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt
4
On the walls hung faded photographs and paintings of long- dead ancestors.
The hangman's daughter
5
Sometimes they are dead ancestors and sometimes just body-less beings who find themselves needed.
The Guardian
6
It's quite another to find yourself fretting over the life choices of dead ancestors.
The Irish Times
7
Her mind throngs with the living learning of dead ancestors.
Children of Time
8
These are the spirits of the jungle, the dead ancestors of the animals now living.
Kari the Elephant
9
Thus in his attitude towards his dead ancestors we perceive the elements of a real religion.
The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume 1 ...
10
If my labors for the living will not avail, my dead ancestors shall have their chance.
Added Upon / A Story
11
Those Indians, what do they do... conjure up all their dead ancestors whenever they need them?
Second glance
12
Will dead ancestors or motionless statues fight battles?
Elson Grammar School Literature, book 4
13
Antiques and mirrors, tables and lamps, living plants and paintings of dead ancestors filled the corners.
Running scared
14
Then she saw that her anticipations were all wrong-he preferred his dead ancestors to his living wife.
Wife in Name Only
15
With dusk one of the dead ancestors of the Sayers came to them and beckoned them onward.
Assail
16
We don't have pipes to inspire our courage and rouse the fighting spirit inherited from long dead ancestors.
Private Peat
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