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Webster 1913 Edition

(lĭn′ē̍-ā̍j; 48)

Noun.

[OE.

linage

, F.

lignage

, fr. L.

linea

line. See 3d

Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; race; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.

Both the

lineage

and the certain sire
From which I sprung, from me are hidden yet.

Spenser.

Noun.

Race; progeny; descendants in a line from a common progenitor.