About The Word Genealogy
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Genealogy
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What's The Definition Of Genealogy?
[n] successive generations of kin
Synonyms | Synonyms for Genealogy: family tree Related Terms | Find terms related to Genealogy: 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 Genealogy In Webster's Dictionary \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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