lineage
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5.5
- noun
- /ˈlɪniɪdʒ/
:
linaje
- He's part of a lineage of master musicians all from this small mountain village.
- family lineage
- genetic lineage
- belong to a lineage
So he was raised in the lineage that understood healing.
- So he was raised in the lineage that understood healing.
- And I'm the first born son of this Iranian lineage that was born American.
- In those two, let's just call it lineages or broadly speaking, schools of thought.
- You know, it felt like my, my lineage ends with me.
- That's going to change the course of that whole of that whole family, that whole lineage of flies.
- I mean, octopuses are on the same lineage as bivalves and scallops and so on.
- And this is where the Albanians claim and trace their lineage to.
- And apparently she's like the first woman whoever challenged the patriarchal lineage of the throne in England.
- I am a walking testament to the power of this system, this lineage of teachings that I now teach.
- You know, the lineage of meditation teachings is ancient.
- And then there were different lineages that that appeared.
- So one family comes from a lineage called APOB.
- For the system to change, for your lineage to go a different direction.
Examples
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I want to learn more about my family's lineage and where we came from.
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The lineage of this ancient royal family can be traced back over a thousand years.
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You know, it felt like my, my lineage ends with me.
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Her lineage must go back further than we thought.
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What famous lineage does your family hail from?
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You know, the lineage of meditation teachings is ancient.
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Their social organization consists of clans, lineage groups, extended families, and nuclear families.
Academic text (2011) -
And then we heard from Chayla, whose family lineage includes the birth of the blues in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Still, I agreed to meet with them in person, in part to appease her, but also to satisfy the curiosities of my lineage.
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They celebrated their rich cultural lineage during the annual heritage festival.
Synonyms
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4.1
Family history passed down from your ancestors
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5.6
A series of related people or events over time
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2.3
The family background and country where someone’s family comes from
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4.1
The family you come from over many generations
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4.8
A family line of people or animals related by birth
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4.6
The family a person comes from, for example parents or grandparents
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7.4
A record of a family's ancestors and history
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5.8
The family or ancestors that someone comes from
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5.3
A record of a person or family's ancestors that shows an important background
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5.3
Who a person's mother and father are and their family background
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6.3
A person's family origin or social background
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3.2
A group of people who are related by birth over many generations
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3.8
The people in a family who are related by blood across generations
A family line that shows where a person comes from
A record showing a person's ancestors across generations
A person's family history and ancestors
How Long
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Lineage comes from the old word line, which means 'line' or 'thread'. Think of your family as a single 'line' of people from parents to children, so lineage is the line of your ancestors.