'Genealogy' definitions:
Definition of 'genealogy'
From: WordNet
noun
Successive generations of kin [syn: genealogy, family tree]
noun
The study or investigation of ancestry and family history
Definition of 'Genealogy'
From: GCIDE
- Genealogy \Gen`e*al"o*gy\, n.; pl. Genealogies. [OE. genealogi, genelogie, OF. genelogie, F. g['e]n['e]alogie, L. genealogia, fr. Gr. ?; ? birth, race, descent (akin to L. genus) + ? discourse.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. An account or history of the descent of a person or family from an ancestor; enumeration of ancestors and their children in the natural order of succession; a pedigree. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Regular descent of a person or family from a progenitor; pedigree; lineage. [1913 Webster]