lineage Definition

linage
lineage
noun

1. The number of lines in a piece of printed matter.
2. journalism.
Measurement or payment by the line.

Etymology: 14c: from line¹ + -age.

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lineage¹
noun

1. Ancestry, especially when it can be traced from one particular ancestor.

Thesaurus: genealogy, race, ancestry, descendants, ancestors, family, stock, strain, breed, birth.

Etymology: 14c: from Latin linea line¹.

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lineage² linage