Lancaster damaged in descent? (9)

I believe the answer is:

ancestral

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'lancaster damaged in descent?' is the definition.
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'lancaster damaged' is the wordplay.
'damaged' indicates anagramming the letters.
'lancaster' anagrammed gives 'ANCESTRAL'.

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(Other definitions for ancestral that I've seen before include "Belonging to the house" , "Coming down the tree" , "from old-timers" , "Coming down the line" , "Relating to one's forebears" .)

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