lineage
Collocations
5ADJ.
ancient, captivating, certain, genetic, illustrious, male
VERB + LINEAGE
land
LINEAGE + NOUN
dardans
PREP.
about, from, from, via
ADV.
rightly
Definitions
noun
Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.
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,
A number of lines of text in a column.
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.
A fee or rate paid per line of text.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
noun — a rate of payment for written material that is measured acco
- linage
noun — the number of lines in a piece of printed material
- linage
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6Theſe 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: […]
WiktionaryEdwards great linage by the mothers ſide, / Fiue hundred yeeres hath helde the ſcepter vp,
Wiktionary[…]; and therefore they were to me now no more than if they had never been of my Linage; […]
WiktionaryPray, of what land or lineage should I rightly call you?
Tatoeba · #5095282The young rabbi often brags about his lineage.
Tatoeba · #5396854"Ne'er / to Grecian women shall I bow the knee, / never in Argos see captivity, / I, who my lineage from the Dardans tell, / allied to Venus."
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