Meaning of GENEALOGY
| Pronunciation: | | `jeenee'âlujee
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| | Definition: | | [n] successive generations of kin |
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| | Synonyms: | | family tree |
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| | See Also: | | ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, clan, descent, kin, kin group, kindred, kinship group, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stock, tribe | |
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| | Definition: | | \Gen`e*al"o*gy\, n.; pl. {Genealogies}. [OE.
genealogi, genelogie, OF. genelogie, F. g['e]n['e]alogie, L.
genealogia, fr. Gr. ?; ? birth, race, descent (akin to L.
genus) + ? discourse.]
1. An account or history of the descent of a person or family
from an ancestor; enumeration of ancestors and their
children in the natural order of succession; a pedigree.
2. Regular descent of a person or family from a progenitor;
pedigree; lineage.
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