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lin•e•age

Pronunciation: (lin'ē-ij), [key]
—n.
1. lineal descent from an ancestor; ancestry or extraction: She could trace her lineage to the early Pilgrims.
2. the line of descendants of a particular ancestor; family; race.

line•age

Pronunciation: (lī'nij), [key]
—n.
linage.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

line

lineal

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