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English

Alternative spellings


Pronunciation

/'lɪnɪɪdʒ/ (IPA)

Etymology

From lignage.

Noun

  1. descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; race; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.


Translations

Category:Family

fa:lineage io:lineage it:lineage hu:lineage pl:lineage ru:lineage te:lineage vi:lineage zh:lineage

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Lineage \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.
[1913 Webster]

Both the lineage and the certain sire
From which I sprung, from me are hidden yet. --Spenser.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet lineage
n 1: the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has
been warriors" [syn: line, line of descent, descent,
bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry,
origin, parentage, stemma, stock]
2: the kinship relation between an individual and the
individual's progenitors [syn: descent, line of descent,
filiation]
3: the number of lines in a piece of printed material [syn: linage]
4: a rate of payment for written material that is measured
according to the number of lines submitted [syn: linage]
5: inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
[syn: ancestry, derivation, filiation]
Moby Dictionary
Indian file , 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 , 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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