lineage

lin·e·age ¹  (ln-j)

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.

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[Middle English linage, lineage, from Old French lignage, from ligne, line; see line¹.]

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lineage [lin-ee-ij]

Noun

direct descent from an ancestor

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lineage

line of descent from an ancestor or ancestors; family or ancestry.

See also: Relationship

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	lineage - the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors" blood line, bloodline, ancestry, pedigree, stemma, line of descent, parentage, blood, origin, descent, stock, line kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, family line, sept, folk, family - people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower" side - a family line of descent; "he gets his brains from his father's side" family tree, genealogy - successive generations of kin
	2.	lineage - the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors filiation, line of descent, descent family relationship, kinship, relationship - (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption bilateral descent - line of descent traced through both the maternal and paternal sides of the family unilateral descent - line of descent traced through one side of the family
	3.	lineage - the number of lines in a piece of printed material linage number - a concept of quantity involving zero and units; "every number has a unique position in the sequence"
	4.	lineage - a rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submitted linage charge per unit, rate - amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis; "a 10-minute phone call at that rate would cost $5"
	5.	lineage - inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline ancestry, filiation, derivation hereditary pattern, inheritance - (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents descent, extraction, origin - properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins" bloodline, pedigree - ancestry of a purebred animal

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lineage

noun descent, family, line, succession, house, stock, birth, breed, pedigree, extraction, ancestry, forebears, progeny, heredity, forefathers, genealogy