lineage

Meanings

• the descendants of one individual
  • "his entire lineage has been warriors"
• the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
• the number of lines in a piece of printed material
• a rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submitted
• inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline

Synonyms

ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, derivation, descent, filiation, linage, line, line of descent, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock