LINEAGE

n. 1 extraction, ancestry, family tree, pedigree, descent, stock, bloodline, parentage, genealogy She has spent a lot of time tracing the lineage of the village's families 2 forebears, forefathers, foremothers, family, people, clan; descendants, succession, progeny, offspring Does Debrett list his lineage? Peerages were confined to the lineage of the person ennobled