linage

or line·age

[ lahy-nij ]

/ ˈlaɪ nɪdʒ /

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noun

the number of printed lines, especially agate lines covered by a magazine article, newspaper advertisement, etc.

the amount charged, paid, or received per printed line, as of a magazine article or short story.

Archaic. alignment.

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Origin of linage

First recorded in 1880–85; line¹ + -age

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH linage

linage , lineage

Words nearby linage

limy, lin, Lina, linac, Linacre, linage, linalool, linalyl acetate, Linares, linaria, linarite

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How to use linage in a sentence

Our vncle was not the tutor and preseruer of our stocke and linage, but the confounder & destroier of our bloud and progenie.
Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (3 of 6): England (7 of 9)|Raphael Holinshed
And yet saith this Pamphilus, moreover, that they that are bond and thrall of linage should be made worthy and noble by riches.
The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume III (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland I|Francis W. Halsey
Which marriage the king had motioned for the affection which he bare towards the aduancement of his linage, by the mothers side.
Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (8 of 12)|Raphael Holinshed
And within fewe dayes after, all the whole linage of those dead persons did follow the same way, and not one escaped.
The History of the Great and Mighty Kingdom of China, Volume II|Juan Gonzalez de Mendoza

Venus without doubt is mankind, which is continued by venereall propagation of linage.
A Discovrse of Fire and Salt (A Discourse of Fire and Salt)|Blaise de Vigenre

British Dictionary definitions for linage

linage

lineage

/ (ˈlaɪnɪdʒ) /

noun

the number of lines in a piece of written or printed matter

payment for written material calculated according to the number of lines

a less common word for alignment

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