单词 | family line |
释义 | > as lemmasfamily line family line n. a line of descent; a family viewed as a series of descendants. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > lineage or descent > [noun] > a line of descent linec1386 descent?a1400 pedigree1440 series1599 Welsh pedigree1615 bloodline1658 family linea1694 stem-line1892 a1694 R. Fleming Descr. Confirmed State Christian (1743) 63 One Generation might declare the Truth and Faithfulness of God unto another, in a Family-Line. 1809 Athenæum Mar. 196 There is no reason to suppose that the family lines of sovereigns whom he has placed on different thrones, will display such a superiority to the dynasties they have expelled. 1902 Jrnl. Biblical Lit. 21 190 The extermination of the fourth generation therefore would end the family line. 2008 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 23 Oct. 28/3 We get to meet the endangered species in person—one Len Greeham, last of a family line of morocco-grainers from the English town of Northampton. < as lemmas |
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