Meaning of lineage in English
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Noun
lineageEtymology
Middle English: from Old French lignage, from Latin linea‘a line’ (see line)Definitions
1. the descendants of one individualExamples
- « his entire lineage has been warriors »
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- 2. the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
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- 3. the number of lines in a piece of printed material
- 4. a rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submitted
- 5. inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
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Famous quotes
- « My family's lineage is five generations of artists who never made it. » Shia LaBeouf
- « When you start about family, about lineage and ancestry, you are talking about every person on earth. » Alex Haley
- « The actual truth about Gad is it's one of the original 13 tribes of Israel, so you can actually trace my lineage back to, like, those guys who had, like, a hand in the Bible and have since become very famous from that. So I come from very famous lineage. Granted, they didn't have cameras back then, so none of them had TV shows. » Josh Gad
- « Some have called we rock and roll performers who never retire 'troubadours.' I enjoy this misnomer immensely. While there are many differences between me and my distant predecessors in L'Occitane, I do believe there is a lineage that connects us of the last 70 years with those romantic singers of the High Middle Ages. » Frank Black