Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete variant of
lineage .
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Examples
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And aftre his wyfes, on the same syde, sytten the ladyes of his lynage, zit lowere, aftre that thei ben of estate.
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And thanne anon aftre, alle the lordes, that ben of the emperours lynage, nobely arrayed in riche clothes of gold, and ryally apparayled on white stedes, als manye as may wel sewen hem at that tyme, ben redy to maken here presentes to the emperour.
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And to alle the lordes of the emperoures lynage, eche aftre other, as ben of estate.
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But among hem, thei hadden 7 princypalle nacyouns, that weren soveraynes of hem alle: of the whiche, the firste nacyoun or lynage was clept Tartar; and that is the most noble and the most preysed.
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And thei that ben of the lynage of that kyng, arn somme Cristene.
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And aftre that, Adryan, that was Emperour of Rome, and of the lynage of Troye, made Jerusalem azen, and the temple, in the same manere, as Salomon made it.
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And of that cytee was Raab the comoun womman, that ascaped allone, with hem of hire lynage; and sche often tyme refressched and fed the messageres of
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And aftre him, sytten other grete lordes of his lynage, every of hem a Degree lowere than other, as thei ben of estate.
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Now befelle it so, that of the firste lynage succeeded an old worthi man, that was not riche, that hadde to name Changuys.
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The seconde lynage is clept Tanghot; the thridde Eurache; the 4 Valair; the 5 Semoche; the 6 Megly; the 7 Coboghe.
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