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lin·e·age1       [lin-ee-ij] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.lineal descent from an ancestor; ancestry or extraction: She could trace her lineage to the early Pilgrims.
2.the line of descendants of a particular ancestor; family; race.
[Origin: 1275–1325; line(al) + -age; r. ME linage < AF; OF lignage < VL *līneāticum. See line1, -age]

—Synonyms 1. pedigree, parentage, derivation, genealogy. 2. tribe, clan.
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line·age2       [lahy-nij] Pronunciation Key
–noun
linage.
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lin·age also line·age       (lī'nĭj)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. The number of lines of printed or written material.
  2. Payment for written work at a specified amount per line.

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lin·e·age 1       (lĭn'ē-ĭj)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. Direct descent from a particular ancestor; ancestry.
    2. Derivation.
  2. The descendants of a common ancestor considered to be the founder of the line.


[Middle English linage, lineage, from Old French lignage, from ligne, line; see line1.]

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line·age 2       (lī'nĭj)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   Variant of linage.

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lineage 
c.1300, from O.Fr. lignage, from ligne "line," from L. linea (see line (n.)).

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lineage

noun
1. the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors" 
2. the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors [syn: descent] 
3. the number of lines in a piece of printed material [syn: linage] 
4. a rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submitted [syn: linage] 
5. inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline [syn: ancestry] 

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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.

Both the lineage and the certain sire From which I sprung, from me are hidden yet. --Spenser.

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