Lineage Definition

lĭnē-ĭj
lineages
noun
lineages
Direct descent from an ancestor.
Webster's New World
Ancestry; family; stock.
Webster's New World
Derivation.
American Heritage
Descendants from a common ancestor.
Webster's New World

Linage.

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Other Word Forms of Lineage

Noun

Singular:
lineage
Plural:
lineages

Origin of Lineage

  • From Middle English linage, from Old French linage, from ligne, from Latin linea (“line"); see line.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English linage, lineage from Old French lignage from ligne line line1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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; and so it was his duty to lay down the high-priesthood and be content to rule the nation.

  • His brothers didn't hate him just because of his lineage.

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Words Starting With

LLILIN

Words Ending With

EGEAGE

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Words Starting With L and Ending With E

Starts With L & Ends With EStarts With LI & Ends With EStarts With L & Ends With GE

Word Length

7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With L7 Letter Words Ending With E