Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Middle English form of
lineage .
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Examples
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Et assembla granz genz par amours, et par deniers, et par lignage.
Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres Henry Adams 1878
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Restaurer l’espérance de l’humain lignage en suscitant l’émerveillement.
Pour le réenchantement du monde - Une introduction à Chesterton 2008
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Blessyd be ye, said the holy man, whan god hath gyven to you so noble lignage, knowe ye for certeyn that the day of hyr natiyuyte the angels sange and halyowed grete mysterye in heuen with grete ioye and gladnes. "
The Story of Paris Thomas Okey 1893
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