Definition of Line Of Descent in English :

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Line Of Descent meaning in English

Meaning of Line Of Descent in English

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Line Of Descent

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Noun

1. descent, filiation, line of descent, lineage

the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors

2. ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock

the descendants of one individual

Example Sentences:
'his entire lineage has been warriors'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Line Of Descent

see synonyms of line of descent
noun
1. 
someone's line of descent is all the people they are descended from
an ancient family who trace their line of descent back more than a thousand years
2.  a direct line of descent from sth

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