lineage

[lin-ee-ij]

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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.

Origin of lineage

1275–1325; line(al) + -age; replacing Middle English linage < Anglo-French; Old French lignage < Vulgar Latin *līneāticum. See line¹, -age

Can be confusedlinage lineage

Synonyms for lineage

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1. pedigree, parentage, derivation, genealogy. 2. tribe, clan.

lineage

[lahy-nij]

noun

linage.

linage

or line·age

[lahy-nij]

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.

Origin of linage

First recorded in 1880–85; line¹ + -age

Can be confusedlinage lineage

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Related Words for lineage

origin, clan, pedigree, genealogy, descent, tribe, progeny, family, house, kin, breed, kindred, extraction, heredity, race, blood, birth, succession, line, offspring

Examples from the Web for lineage

Contemporary Examples of lineage

For me, in a weird way, I see a lineage between the first two records and this Voidz record.
Julian Casablancas Enters the Void: On the Strokes’ Friction, Why He Left NYC, and Starting Over
Marlow Stern
October 9, 2014
Heinz traces its lineage to 1869 and first started making ketchup in 1876.
McDonald’s Ditches Heinz To Keep Burger King Out of Its Business
Daniel Gross
October 28, 2013
He adds that he has "long been a fan of Hugo Boss's vast tradition and lineage in extraordinary tailoring."
Jason Wu Hired at Boss Women; Man Allegedly Stabbed to Death With a Stiletto
The Fashion Beast Team
June 10, 2013
Once Udo Jr. realized his lineage, he also wanted in on the inheritance.
Whose $40 Million Diamond Is It? An Italian Family Feud
Barbie Latza Nadeau
April 18, 2013
Its lineage and imagery persists in the worst of modern Arab and Muslim hate propaganda.
A 10-Point Guide To Anti-Semitism And Its Perception
Mark Gardner
February 14, 2013

Historical Examples of lineage

Nothing that we know of in the circumstances of their birth or lineage will explain their appearance.
The Republic
Plato
I envy you what smacks of a race, a name, an ancestry, a lineage.
Lord Kilgobbin
Charles Lever
I will not say nay to it, quoth he, and asked her name and lineage.
The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade)
Snorri Sturluson
He then commanded all the lineage of David to be put to death.
Fox's Book of Martyrs
John Foxe
So too we are uninformed as to his lineage, except that his father's name was Simon.
Jesus the Christ
James Edward Talmage

British Dictionary definitions for lineage

lineage

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

lineage

noun

a variant spelling of linage

linage

lineage

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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Word Origin and History for lineage

late 17c. alteration (by influence of line (n.)) of Middle English linage (c.1300), from Old French lignage "descent, extraction, race," from ligne "line," from Latin linea (see line (n.)).