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ge·neal·ogy (jē′nē äl′ə jē, -al′-; jen′ē-)

noun pl. genealogies -·gies

  1. a chart or recorded history of the descent of a person or family from an ancestor or ancestors
  2. the science or study of family descent
  3. descent from an ancestor; pedigree; lineage

Etymology: ME genelogi < OFr genealogie < LL genealogia < Gr < genea, race, descent (akin to genos: see genus) + -logia, -logy

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genealogy

n.

derivation, pedigree, parentage, generation, descent, history, family tree, lineage, extraction, begats*; see also family 1.


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genealogy Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • trace: These web pages are designed to provide some useful resources, mainly for those tracing medieval English genealogy.

Adjective modifier

  • feminist: To the question: can critical auto/biography double as a feminist genealogy of Quality?

Modifies a noun

  • program: Several of the genealogy programs come packaged with CD-ROMs of data.

Preposition: of

  • family: Unusually he was able to talk through the genealogy of the family.

Noun used with modifier

  • family: The growing interest in family genealogy has been significant in attracting greater numbers.
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A pesar de que la m|¤a es historia, no la empezare¤   por el arca de Noe¤   y la genealog|¤a de sus ascendientes como acostumbraban hacerlo los antiguos historiadores espan‹  oles deAme¤  rica, que deben ser nuestros prototipos. I'm going to tell a true story, but I won't start with Noah's Ark and the genealogy of his forefathers, as is usual among the ancient Spanish historians of America, who we consider our prototypes.

-Echeverr|¤  a, Esteban

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