lineage
lineage is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abba
- acrospire
- ancestor
- ancestral
- ancestry
- bantling
- birth
- block
- branch
- breed
- brood
- child
- chip
- clan
- consanguinity
- dad
- dam
- daughter
- descendant
- descent
- extraction
- fall
- family
- far
- farrow
- father
- fatherhood
- fathership
- filial
- filiation
- from
- fruit
- genealogy
- generation
- genitor
- grandfather
- grandmother
- grandsire
- great
- great-grandchild
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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