Synonyms for lineage

Grammar : Noun

Spell : lin-ee-ij

Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɪn i ɪdʒ

Top 10 synonyms for lineage

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Définition 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

Antonyms for lineage

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