lineage
1 Americannoun
noun
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direct descent from an ancestor, esp a line of descendants from one ancestor
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a less common word for derivation
noun
Etymology
Origin of lineage
1275–1325; line(al) + -age; replacing Middle English linage < Anglo-French; Old French lignage < Vulgar Latin *līneāticum. See line 1, -age
Example Sentences
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It's believed that he was not only aristocratic but that he had royal lineage.
From BBC
Just as Kim Jong Un has dressed to echo his predecessors, the sartorial symmetry underscores his daughter’s connection to the “Mount Paektu bloodline”—those with a direct lineage to North Korean founder Kim Il Sung.
Next, they examined how sponge skeletons developed over time and discovered that spicules arose independently in separate sponge lineages.
From Science Daily
Branded as "danmei" - or indulgence in beauty - the genre is part of a beloved lineage of gay romance that has long catered to female fantasy.
From BBC
But it is unclear if those men would be willing to give up their careers and freedom to continue the lineage.
From Barron's
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