Meaning of LINEAGE
| Pronunciation: | | 'lineeij or 'lInij
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- [n] inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
- [n] the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"
- [n] a rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submitted
- [n] the number of lines in a piece of printed material
- [n] the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
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| | Synonyms: | | ancestry, ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, derivation, descent, descent, filiation, filiation, linage, linage, line, line of descent, line of descent, origin, parentage, pedigree, stock |
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| | See Also: | | bilateral descent, bloodline, breed, breed, charge per unit, descent, extraction, family, family line, family relationship, family tree, folk, genealogy, hereditary pattern, inheritance, kinfolk, kinsfolk, kinship, number, origin, pedigree, phratry, rate, relationship, sept, side, strain, unilateral descent | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Lin"e*age\ (l[i^]n"[-e]*[asl]j; 48), n. [OE. linage, F.
lignage, fr. L. linea line. See 3d {Line}.]
Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; race;
descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.
Both the lineage and the certain sire From which I
sprung, from me are hidden yet. --Spenser.
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- A chart that traces the flow of genetic information from generation to generation.
- a unilineal descent group composed of people who trace their genealogies through specified links to a common ancestor.
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| | Related Terms: | | affiliation, aftermath, ancestry, animal kingdom, apparentation, array, articulation, bank, birth, blood, bloodline, branch, breed, brood, buzz, catena, catenation, chain, chain reaction, chaining, children, clan, class, coming after, common ancestry, concatenation, conclusion, connection, consanguinity, consecution, consecutiveness, consequence, continuation, continuity, continuum, course, cycle, deme, derivation, descendant, descendants, descent, direct line, distaff side, drone, dynasty, effect, endless belt, endless round, extension, extraction, family, family tree, female line, file, filiation, folk, following, forebears, forefathers, fruit, gamut, genealogy, gens, gradation, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, heir, heirs, hostages to fortune, house, hum, Indian file, inheritors, issue, kids, kind, kindred, line, line of descent, little ones, logical sequence, male line, matriclan, monotone, nation, new generation, nexus, offspring, order, order of succession, origin, parentage, patriclan, pedigree, pendulum, people, periodicity, phratry, phyle, phylum, plant kingdom, plenum, posteriority, posterity, postposition, powder train, procession, progeny, progression, prolongation, queue, race, range, rank, recurrence, reticulation, rising generation, rotation, round, routine, row, run, scale, seed, sept, sequel, sequence, series, side, single file, sons, spear side, species, spectrum, spindle side, stem, stirps, stock, strain, string, subjunction, succession, successiveness, successor, suffixation, swath, sword side, thread, tier, totem, train, treasures, tribe, windrow, younglings, youngsters |
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