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Antonyms for lineage


Grammar : Noun
Spell : lin-ee-ij
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɪn i ɪdʒ



Definition of lineage

Origin :
  • late 17c. alteration (by influence of line (n.)) of Middle English linage (c.1300), from Old French lignage "descent, extraction, race," from ligne "line," from Latin linea (see line (n.)).
  • noun ancestry
Example sentences :
  • Nothing that we know of in the circumstances of their birth or lineage will explain their appearance.
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • I envy you what smacks of a race, a name, an ancestry, a lineage.
  • Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever
  • I will not say nay to it, quoth he, and asked her name and lineage.
  • Extract from : « The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade) » by Snorri Sturluson
  • He then commanded all the lineage of David to be put to death.
  • Extract from : « Fox's Book of Martyrs » by John Foxe
  • So too we are uninformed as to his lineage, except that his father's name was Simon.
  • Extract from : « Jesus the Christ » by James Edward Talmage
  • The cloud was removed from my birth, the stain from my lineage.
  • Extract from : « Ernest Linwood » by Caroline Lee Hentz
  • “On account of his lineage,” Ruma ru chinamital; the expression is not clear.
  • Extract from : « The Annals of the Cakchiquels » by Daniel G. Brinton
  • She did not doubt however that her beloved husband's lineage was a most noble one.
  • Extract from : « Legends of the Rhine » by Wilhelm Ruland
  • The dark eyes had a haughty look, like a man proud of his lineage and his sex.
  • Extract from : « Mizora: A Prophecy » by Mary E. Bradley
  • But this does not cast any reflection on the mother or on father's lineage.
  • Extract from : « Wild Animals at Home » by Ernest Thompson Seton

Synonyms for lineage

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