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   lineage

   /ˈlɪnɪɪdʒ/

   noun

   • 1. direct descent from an ancestor; ancestry or pedigree: "a Dutch nobleman of ancient lineage"
   • ▪ a social group tracing its descent from a single ancestor.
   • 2. a sequence of species each of which is considered to have evolved from its predecessor: "the chimpanzee and gorilla lineages"
   • ▪ a sequence of cells in the body which developed from a common ancestral cell: "the myeloid lineage"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French lignage, from Latin linea ‘a line’ (see line1).

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   What does lineage mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! LINEAGE definition: 1. the members of a person's family who are directly related to that person and who lived a long…. Learn more.

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   What does linage mean?

   • 1. lineal descent from an ancestor; ancestry. 2. the line of descendants of a particular ancestor; family; race. n. linage. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. line of descent from an ancestor or ancestors; family or ancestry.

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   Is lineage based on blood and marriage a genealogical map?

   • The lineage as a genealogical map appears to be too rigid and static-based on blood and marriage. Such arrangements, enacted without the customary familial negotiations, usurped the privileges of parents and their ability to protect their family lineage, stability, and honour.

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   How does a lineage affect a person's behavior?

   • Therefore, the more traits researchers measure from a single lineage, the more likely they are to see conflict in patterns of change amongst traits. This is my institution, my connection to a legacy and a lineage. You can't go play racing, and if you don't have a cultural lineage to racing, it's very, very difficult.

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   Does a society require verification of lineage?

   • The society does require verification of lineage, which is passed through the male line. The animal lineage then started to split into new branches. Perhaps you come from a lineage of addiction, from people who found solace and comfort from what seemed unbearable through alcohol or other substances.

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   LINEAGE definition: 1. the members of a person's family who are directly related to that person and who lived a long…. Learn more.

   • Linear

     LINEAR definition: 1. consisting of relating to lines or...

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     the members of a person's family who are directly related to...

   • Znaczenie Lineage, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     LINEAGE definicja: 1. the members of a person's family who...

   • Lineage in Traditional Chinese

     LINEAGE translate: 血統;世系. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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   1. a. : descent in a line from a common progenitor. b. : derivation. the gun's direct lineage is in the 1960s Erik Larson. 2. : a group of individuals tracing descent from a common ancestor. especially : such a group of persons whose common ancestor is regarded as its founder.

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   Lineage definition: lineal descent from an ancestor; ancestry or extraction. See examples of LINEAGE used in a sentence.

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   1. lineal descent from an ancestor; ancestry or extraction. She could trace her lineage to the early Pilgrims. 2. the line of descendants of a particular ancestor; family; race. SYNONYMS 1. pedigree, parentage, derivation, genealogy. 2. tribe, clan.

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   1. One's ancestors or their character or one's ancestral derivation: ancestry, birth, blood, bloodline, descent, extraction, family, genealogy, line, origin, parentage, pedigree, seed, stock. 2. A group of people sharing common ancestry: clan, family, house, kindred, stock, tribe. Idioms: flesh and blood, kith and kin.

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   the members of a person's family who are directly related to that person and who lived a long time before him or her: She's very proud of her ancient royal lineage. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Family: ancestors & descendants. ancestor. ancestral. ancestry. be in the/someone's blood idiom. blood is thicker than water idiom.

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   Lineage Sentence Examples. It is only conferred on those of royal lineage and upon high officers of state. The name of her long-dead daughter was the end of her family's lineage. The Afghans are eternally boasting of their lineage, their independence and their prowess. His lineage was (in the opinion of one of them at least) of doubtful purity ...