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lineage1 definition

lin·eage (lin′ē ij)

noun

  1. direct descent from an ancestor
  2. ancestry; family; stock
  3. descendants from a common ancestor

Etymology: ME linage < OFr lignage < ligne: see line

lineage2 definition

line·age (līn′ij)

noun

linage

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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