genealogical
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- adjective
- /ˌdʒiːniəˈlɑːdʒɪkəl/
- Brianna peered over his shoulder as his finger passed slowly down the lines of the genealogical table.
- genealogical relationship
- genealogical link
- genealogical chart
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Watch on YouTubeThat's not the way genealogical inquiry works.
- That's not the way genealogical inquiry works.
- If we did our genealogical charts, we would find a convergence at some point.
- So in that these are animals that don't think of immediate genealogical relationships, but think of the niche again, what niche?
- And I'm going to skip over the long genealogical thing going on here.
- So for the first time, a perverse species of genealogical hypothesis, the genuinely English type.
Examples
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Between 1987 and 1990, he published five massive volumes with the Genealogical Publishing Company.
Academic text (1991) -
Each case study begins with a graphic genealogical tree locating the subject in relation to her kin.
Academic text (1990) -
I dig through social media, through newspaper articles, through the traditional genealogical records.
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Eltit's effort is always a genealogical and historical one.
Academic text (2017) -
If Pam asks you what I want, tell her that I asked you to locate your birth certificate for my genealogical work.
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"Absolutely," he said, carefully laying the folder with the genealogical chart on top.
Fiction book (1992) -
Now, my genealogical research has allowed me to track the Byrnes family as far back as 1643.
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The association organizes annual family meetings and collects genealogical material.
Academic text (2017) -
Unlike DeRangow, Enoch William Brown left both an architectural and a genealogical legacy.
Academic text (2011) -
The genealogical study revealed that she was a descendant of a famous historical figure.
Synonyms
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Relating to family history and the links between people
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Genealogical comes from the Greek parts genea 'family' and -logy 'study', so it literally means the study of family lines. That's why something genealogical is about tracing your ancestors and making a family tree.