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Lineage

Lineage Meaning & Definition
Lineage Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Lineage?

[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

Synonyms | Synonyms for Lineage: ancestry | ancestry | blood | blood line | bloodline | derivation | descent | descent | filiation | filiation | linage | linage | line | line of descent | line of descent | origin | parentage | pedigree | stock

Related Terms | Find terms related to Lineage: 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

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

Lineage In Webster's Dictionary

\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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