lineage
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English linage, from Old French linage, from ligne, from Latin linea (“line”); equivalent to line + -age.
Base: line
Affixes: -age
Inflected forms:
form: lineages
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: linage
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Theſe Anius Ueres [Marcus Annius Verus, father of Marcus Aurelius] was a lygnage, that auanced them to be deſcẽded [descended] of Numa Pompilio, and of Quintꝰ [Quintus] Curtius the famous Romayn: […]
Edwards great linage by the mothers ſide, / Fiue hundred yeeres hath helde the ſcepter vp,
[…]; and therefore they were to me now no more than if they had never been of my Linage; […]
Accept this welcome to the Spartan court; / The waſte of nature let the feaſt repair, / Then your high lineage and your names declare: / Say from what ſcepter'd anceſtry ye claim, / Recorded eminent in deathleſs fame?
To counterbalance those foreign centinels^([sic]), there mounted guard on the other side of the mirror two stout warders of Scottish lineage; […]
“Ah, but these hens,” answered the young man,—“these hens of aristocratic lineage would scorn to understand the vulgar language of a barn-yard fowl. I prefer to think—and so would Miss Hepzibah—that they recognize the family tone. For you are a Pyncheon?”
To produce Tess, fresh from the dairy, as a d’Urberville and a lady, he had felt to be temerarious and risky; hence he had concealed her lineage till such time as, familiarized with worldly ways by a few months’ travel and reading with him, he could take her on a visit to his parents and impart the knowledge while triumphantly producing her as worthy of such an ancient line. It was a pretty lover’s dream, if no more. Perhaps Tess’s lineage had more value for himself than for anybody in the world beside.
They traced the ancient lineages of two species to reveal the insects' lengthy history of asexual reproduction.
Daisy Ridley has reawakened the debate over “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’s” biggest reveal, saying that the character of Rey’s lineage wasn’t clear to her even partway through filming the final chapter of the trilogy.
Data lineage is not a new concept, but modern business requirements far outstrip the siloed, limited features of the past. […] The demand for data lineage comes from both technical and business users, including data architects, data engineers, data stewards, analysts and data scientists, as well as business managers, compliance professionals, and technical specialists.
gloss: A number of lines of text in a column.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Total newspaper advertising lineage in the North Atlantic region
These are mere excerpts of longer pieces by Sullivan on Boy George, and I have left out more pieces because of the limits of space. Let me add, the lineage in Sullivan's column devoted to Boy George in 1984 exceeds the lineage in the rest of the Herald devoted to all news of gays and lesbians in the same period of time.
gloss: A fee or rate paid per line of text.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: line
lineal
linear
genealogy
Derived words: bilineage
female lineage
hemilineage
interlineage
intralineage
lineaged
lineage temple
lineage zone
lineaging
male lineage
matrilateral lineage
matrilineage
matrilineal lineage
multilineage
osteolineage
patrilineage
patrilineal lineage
sublineage
superlineage
trilineage
unilineage
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