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lineage
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
lineage
(noun)
lineage
/
ˈ
lɪnijɪʤ/
noun
plural
lineages
lineage
/
ˈ
lɪnijɪʤ/
noun
plural
lineages
Britannica Dictionary definition of LINEAGE
[
count, noncount
]
:
the people who were in someone's family in past times
a person of unknown
lineage
[=
ancestry, descent
]
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