lineage
sustantivoatestiguado en diálogos
- Australia//ˈlɪn.i.ɪd͡ʒ//
Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.
sustantivo
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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,
[…]; 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?
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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.
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A fee or rate paid per line of text.
Etimología
From Middle English linage, from Old French linage, from ligne, from Latin linea (“line”); equivalent to line + -age.
Formas
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- lineages
lineage · Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.
linear · Having the form of a line; straight or roughly straight;…Linear · A comet, cataloged as “C/1999 S4”, discovered on September…lined · Having a lining, an inner layer or covering.