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antecedents, apprentice, architect, artificer, artist, ascendants, author, begetter, beginner, builder, conceiver, constructor, craftsman, creator, designer, deviser, discoverer, effector, elders, engenderer, engineer, executor, executrix, father, fathers, forebears, forefathers, founder, generator, grandfathers, grandparents, grower, inaugurator, industrialist, initiator, instigator, institutor, introducer, inventor, journeyman, maker, manufacturer, master, master craftsman, mother, organizer, originator, past master, patriarchs, planner, precursor, predecessors, prime mover, producer, progenitors, raiser, realizer, shaper, sire, smith, wrightAlso see definition of "ancestors" in Bible Study Dictionaries
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