lineage 1
/lin"ee ij/ , 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.
[ 1275-1325; LINE(AL) + -AGE; r. ME linage lignage lineaticum. See LINE 1 , -AGE ]
Syn. 1. pedigree, parentage, derivation, genealogy. 2. tribe, clan.
lineage 2
/luy"nij/ , n.
linage.