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genealogy
[ jee-nee-ol-uh-jee, -al-, jen-ee- ]
noun
- a record or account of the ancestry and descent of a person, family, group, etc.
- the study of family ancestries and histories.
- descent from an original form or progenitor; lineage; ancestry.
- Biology. a group of individuals or species having a common ancestry:
The various species of Darwin's finches form a closely knit genealogy.
genealogy
/ ˌdʒiːnɪəˈlɒdʒɪkəl; ˌdʒiːnɪˈælədʒɪ /
noun
- the direct descent of an individual or group from an ancestor
- the study of the evolutionary development of animals and plants from earlier forms
- a chart showing the relationships and descent of an individual, group, genes, etc
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Derived Forms
- ˌgeneˈalogist, noun
- ˌgeneaˈlogically, adverb
- genealogical, adjective
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Other Words From
- ge·ne·a·log·i·cal [jee-nee-, uh, -, loj, -i-k, uh, l, jen-ee-], gene·a·logic adjective
- gene·a·logi·cal·ly adverb
- gene·alo·gist noun
- nonge·ne·a·logic adjective
- nonge·ne·a·logi·cal adjective
- nonge·ne·a·logi·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of genealogy1
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
The most flamboyant of America's weenies, the Sonoran hot dog, has a murky genealogy.
Because the doctors do know who the person is; the doctors are conducting the genealogy.
Well, according to the genealogy experts at, uh, myvouchercodes.co.uk who commissioned the pictures, it is.
It was a rupture in our genealogy that came to serve as a metaphor for larger losses in black history.
Sophie Savides, 17Plays piano, pop genealogy class, “I Heart Music.”
William Berry, an English author, died at Bristol, aged 77; author of various works on genealogy and heraldry.
That was Pfalz-Neuburg's logic: none of the best, I think, in forensic genealogy.
This again led Moslim critics to the study of genealogy and geography.
Are you not a man whose genealogy, if verified, proves that you descend from Bahila?
For it is said that he had a genealogy, but that it was not in the priestly family.
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