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Lineage

//ˈlɪn.i.ɪd͡ʒ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage. countable, uncountable

    "Theſe Anius Ueres [Marcus Annius Verus, father of Marcus Aurelius] was a lygnage, that auanced them to be deſcẽded [descended] of Numa Pompilio, and of Quintꝰ [Quintus] Curtius the famous Romayn: […]"

  2. 2
    inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline wordnet
  3. 3
    A number of lines of text in a column. countable, uncountable

    "Total newspaper advertising lineage in the North Atlantic region"

  4. 4
    the hereditary derivation of an individual wordnet
  5. 5
    A fee or rate paid per line of text. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    a rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submitted wordnet
  2. 7
    the number of lines in a piece of printed material wordnet
  3. 8
    the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English linage, from Old French linage, from ligne, from Latin linea (“line”); equivalent to line + -age.

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