'Lineage' definitions:
Definition of 'lineage'
(from WordNet)
noun
The descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors" [syn: lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock]
noun
The kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors [syn: descent, line of descent, lineage, filiation]
noun
The number of lines in a piece of printed material [syn: linage, lineage]
noun
A rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submitted [syn: linage, lineage]
noun
Inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline [syn: ancestry, lineage, derivation, filiation]
Definition of 'Lineage'
From: GCIDE
- Lineage \Lin"e*age\ (l[i^]n"[-e]*[asl]j; 48), n. [OE. linage, F. lignage, fr. L. linea line. See 3d Line.] Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; race; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage. [1913 Webster]
- Both the lineage and the certain sire From which I sprung, from me are hidden yet. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'lineage'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affiliation,
- aftermath,
- ancestry,
- animal kingdom,
- apparentation,
- array,
- articulation,
- bank,
- birth,
- blood,
- bloodline,
- branch,
- breed,
- brood,
- buzz,
- catena,
- catenation,
- chain,
- chain reaction,
- chaining,
- children,
- clan,
- class,
- coming after,
- common ancestry,
- concatenation,
- conclusion,
- connection,
- consanguinity,
- consecution,
- consecutiveness,
- consequence,
- continuation,
- continuity,
- continuum,
- course,
- cycle,
- deme,
- derivation,
- descendant,
- descendants,
- descent,
- direct line,
- distaff side,
- drone,
- dynasty,
- effect,
- endless belt,
- endless round,
- extension,
- extraction,
- family,
- family tree,
- female line,
- file,
- filiation,
- folk,
- following,
- forebears,
- forefathers,
- fruit,
- gamut,
- genealogy,
- gens,
- gradation,
- grandchildren,
- great-grandchildren,
- heir,
- heirs,
- hostages to fortune,
- house,
- hum,
- Indian file,
- inheritors,
- issue,
- kids,
- kind,
- kindred,
- line,
- line of descent,
- little ones,
- logical sequence,
- male line,
- matriclan,
- monotone,
- nation,
- new generation,
- nexus,
- offspring,
- order,
- order of succession,
- origin,
- parentage,
- patriclan,
- pedigree,
- pendulum,
- people,
- periodicity,
- phratry,
- phyle,
- phylum,
- plant kingdom,
- plenum,
- posteriority,
- posterity,
- postposition,
- powder train,
- procession,
- progeny,
- progression,
- prolongation,
- queue,
- race,
- range,
- rank,
- recurrence,
- reticulation,
- rising generation,
- rotation,
- round,
- routine,
- row,
- run,
- scale,
- seed,
- sept,
- sequel,
- sequence,
- series,
- side,
- single file,
- sons,
- spear side,
- species,
- spectrum,
- spindle side,
- stem,
- stirps,
- stock,
- strain,
- string,
- subjunction,
- succession,
- successiveness,
- successor,
- suffixation,
- swath,
- sword side,
- thread,
- tier,
- totem,
- train,
- treasures,
- tribe,
- windrow,
- younglings,
- youngsters