Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: lineage
IPA transcription: [l'ɪniədʒ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: lineage, line, line_of_descent, descent, bloodline, blood_line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock
    Meaning: the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"
Usage examples
  • He would give the Aurora the same lineage with the Zodiacal Light.
  • Madame Guillotine was, above all, catholic in her tastes, her gaunt arms, painted blood red, were open alike to the murderer and the thief, the aristocrats of ancient lineage, and the proletariat from the gutter.
  • But I cannot help entertaining a doubt, and having a certain grudge against Sancho Panza; the doubt is this, that the aforesaid history declares that the said Sancho Panza, when he carried a letter on your worship's behalf to the said lady Dulcinea, found her sifting a sack of wheat; and more by token it says it was red wheat; a thing which makes me doubt the loftiness of her lineage."