lineage
1[ lin-ee-ij ]
/ ˈlɪn i ɪdʒ /
noun
lineal descent from an ancestor; ancestry or extraction: She could trace her lineage to the early Pilgrims.
the line of descendants of a particular ancestor; family.
Words nearby lineage
line-out, line-up, linea, linea alba, linea nigra, lineage, lineal, lineament, linear, linear a, linear accelerator
Origin of lineage
1SYNONYMS FOR lineage
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH lineage
linage lineageDefinition for lineage (2 of 3)
Definition for lineage (3 of 3)
linage
or line·age
[ lahy-nij ]
/ ˈlaɪ nɪdʒ /
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.
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH linage
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British Dictionary definitions for lineage (1 of 3)
lineage1
/ (ˈlɪnɪɪdʒ) /
noun
direct descent from an ancestor, esp a line of descendants from one ancestor
a less common word for derivation
Word Origin for lineage
C14: from Old French lignage, from Latin līnea line 1
British Dictionary definitions for lineage (2 of 3)
British Dictionary definitions for lineage (3 of 3)
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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