Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Line of descent from an ancestor; hence, family; race; stock.
- noun Synonyms Genealogy, etc. (see
pedigree ), birth, extraction, ancestry, family, descent. - noun Same as
linage .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; race; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Descent in aline from a commonprogenitor ;progeny ;race ; descending line ofoffspring or ascending line ofparentage . - noun advertising A number of
lines oftext in acolumn .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the number of lines in a piece of printed material
- noun the descendants of one individual
- noun the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
- noun a rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submitted
- noun inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
Etymologies
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From Middle English linage, from Old French linage, from ligne, from Latin linea ("line"); see line.
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