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English Dictionary: lineage	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for lineage
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lineage n the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors" Synonym(s): lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors Synonym(s): descent, line of descent, lineage, filiation the number of lines in a piece of printed material Synonym(s): linage, lineage a rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submitted Synonym(s): linage, lineage inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline Synonym(s): ancestry, lineage, derivation, filiation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lineage \Lin"eage\ (l[icr]n"[esl][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. Both the lineage and the certain sire From which I sprung, from me are hidden yet. --Spenser.