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Lineage

see synonyms of lineage

Noun

1. ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock

the descendants of one individual

Example Sentences:
'his entire lineage has been warriors'

2. descent, filiation, line of descent, lineage

the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors

3. linage, lineage

the number of lines in a piece of printed material

4. linage, lineage

a rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submitted

5. ancestry, derivation, filiation, lineage

inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Lineage

see synonyms of lineage
noun
1. 
direct descent from an ancestor, esp a line of descendants from one ancestor
2.  a less common word for derivation
noun
a variant spelling of linage

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Lineage

see synonyms of lineage
noun
1. 
direct descent from an ancestor
2. 
ancestry; family; stock
3. 
descendants from a common ancestor
noun
linage

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Lineage

see synonyms of lineage
n.
1.
a. Direct descent from a particular ancestor; ancestry.
b. Derivation.
2. The descendants of a common ancestor considered to be the founder of the line.
n.
Variant of linage.
n.
1. The number of lines of printed or written material.
2. Payment for written work at a specified amount per line.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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