line of descent

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Noun	1.	line of descent - the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors filiation, lineage, 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
	2.	line of descent - the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors" blood line, bloodline, ancestry, lineage, pedigree, stemma, 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

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In some cases I do not doubt that the process of modification will be confined to a single line of descent, and the number of the descendants will not be increased; although the amount of divergent modification may have been increased in the successive generations.

The Origin of Species by Darwin, Charles View in context

It appears that the line of descent is through the women.

The Lost Continent by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

I had learned, too, the very remarkable fact, that the stem of the Usher race, all time-honoured as it was, had put forth, at no period, any enduring branch; in other words, that the entire family lay in the direct line of descent, and had always, with very trifling and very temporary variation, so lain.

The Fall of the House of Usher by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context

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