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
- 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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