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- DictionaryLin·e·age/ˈlīnij/
noun
- 1. lineal descent from an ancestor; ancestry or pedigree: "a Dutch nobleman of ancient lineage"
- 2. a sequence of species each of which is considered to have evolved from its predecessor: "the chimpanzee and gorilla lineages"
1. a. : descent in a line from a common progenitor. b. : derivation. the gun's direct lineage is in the 1960s Erik Larson. 2. : a group of individuals tracing descent from a common ancestor. especially : such a group of persons whose common ancestor is regarded as its founder.
LINEAGE definition: 1. the members of a person's family who are directly related to that person and who lived a long…. Learn more.
Lineage definition: lineal descent from an ancestor; ancestry or extraction. See examples of LINEAGE used in a sentence.
LINEAGE meaning: 1. the members of a person's family who are directly related to that person and who lived a long…. Learn more.
the descendants of one individual. “his entire lineage has been warriors”. synonyms: ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock. see more.
3 days ago · noun. 1. lineal descent from an ancestor; ancestry or extraction. She could trace her lineage to the early Pilgrims. 2. the line of descendants of a particular ancestor; family; race. SYNONYMS 1. pedigree, parentage, derivation, genealogy. 2.
1. One's ancestors or their character or one's ancestral derivation: ancestry, birth, blood, bloodline, descent, extraction, family, genealogy, line, origin, parentage, pedigree, seed, stock. 2. A group of people sharing common ancestry: clan, family, house, kindred, stock, tribe. Idioms: flesh and blood, kith and kin.
