A continuous series of persons (rarely of things) in chronological succession. Chiefly with reference to family descent, a series in which each…
| 单词 | θ153735 |
| 释义 | society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > lineage or descent > [noun] > a line of descent (37) linec1386 A continuous series of persons (rarely of things) in chronological succession. Chiefly with reference to family descent, a series in which each… descent?a1400 A generational line through which a person descends; a lineage, an ancestral stock. Cf. line of descent n. at phrases 2. Obsolete. pedigree1440 A person or family's line of ancestors; an ancestral line; ancestry; lineage, descent. series1599 A number of people in succession who have a position, characteristic, etc., in common; spec. (esp. in early use) a number of people who… Welsh pedigree1615 depreciative. Designating the lineage of a Welsh person, considered to be exaggerated and excessively lengthy. Chiefly in proverbial phrases… bloodline1658 a line of descent by birth or heredity; an individual forming part of this, a lineal antecedent or descendant; (later occasionally) a… family linea1694 a line of descent; a family viewed as a series of descendants. stem-line1892 (a) the upright line (edge of a tablet, etc.) on which the strokes forming the Ogham alphabet are set; (b) a line of genealogical descent; (c) (ste… Subcategories:— one of various lines (1) — main line (1) — degree in descent (8) — side (16) — collateral line (1) — descent of younger branch (1) — union of two lines of descent (1) |
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