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lin⋅e⋅age

1  [lin-ee-ij]
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–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 line 1 , -age

Synonyms:
1. pedigree, parentage, derivation, genealogy. 2. tribe, clan.

line⋅age

2  [lahy-nij]
–noun
linage.

lin⋅age

  [lahy-nij]
–noun
1. the number of printed lines, esp. agate lines, covered by a magazine article, newspaper advertisement, etc.
2. the amount charged, paid, or received per printed line, as of a magazine article or short story.
3. Archaic. alignment.
Also, lineage.

Origin:
1880–85; line 1 + -age
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lin·age also line·age   (lī'nĭj)   
n.  
  1. The number of lines of printed or written material.
  2. Payment for written work at a specified amount per line.
lin·e·age 1   (lĭn'ē-ĭj)   
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.]
line·age 2   (lī'nĭj)   
n.  Variant of linage.
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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : lineage
Spanish: linaje,
German: das Geschlecht,
Japanese: 血統
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lineage 
c.1300, from O.Fr. lignage, from ligne "line," from L. linea (see line (n.)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: lin·e·age
Pronunciation: 'lin-E-ij also 'lin-ij
Function: noun
1 : descent in a line from a common progenitor
2 : a group of individuals descended from a common ancestor replication in T cell lineages
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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lineage

descent group reckoned through only one parent, either the father (patrilineage) or the mother (matrilineage). All members of a lineage trace their common ancestry to a single person. A lineage may comprise any number of generations but commonly is traced through some 5 or 10

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