— genealogical /jee'nee euh loj"i keuhl, jen'ee-/ , genealogic , adj. — genealogically , adv. — genealogist , n.
/jee'nee ol"euh jee, -al"-, jen'ee-/ , n. , pl. genealogies .
1. a record or account of the ancestry and descent of a person, family, group, etc.
2. the study of family ancestries and histories.
3. descent from an original form or progenitor; lineage; ancestry.
4. Biol. a group of individuals or species having a common ancestry: The various species of Darwin's finches form a closely knit genealogy.
[ 1250-1300; ME genealogie genealogia genealogía pedigree, equiv. to geneá race (see GENE) + -logia -LOGY ]
Syn. 1. See pedigree .