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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (5)

1. the descendants of one individual;
- Example: "his entire lineage has been warriors"
[syn: lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock]

2. the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors;
[syn: descent, line of descent, lineage, filiation]

3. the number of lines in a piece of printed material;
[syn: linage, lineage]

4. a rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submitted;
[syn: linage, lineage]

5. inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline;
[syn: ancestry, lineage, derivation, filiation]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

lineage n 1: 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] 2: the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors [syn: descent, line of descent, lineage, filiation] 3: the number of lines in a piece of printed material [syn: linage, lineage] 4: a rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submitted [syn: linage, lineage] 5: inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline [syn: ancestry, lineage, derivation, filiation]