Genealogy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A record or table of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; a family tree.
  • n. Direct descent from an ancestor; lineage or pedigree.
  • n. The study or investigation of ancestry and family histories.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; lineage or pedigree.
  • n. A record or table of such descent; a family tree.
  • n. The study, and formal recording of such descents.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An account or history of the descent of a person or family from an ancestor; enumeration of ancestors and their children in the natural order of succession; a pedigree.
  • n. Regular descent of a person or family from a progenitor; pedigree; lineage.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An account or history of the descent of a person or family from an ancestor; an enumeration of ancestors and their descendants in the natural order of succession.
  • n. In biology, a similar tracing of the lines of descent of animals or plants from ancestral forms. See evolution.
  • n. Pedigree; lineage; regular descent of a person or family from a progenitor.
  • n. Progeny; offspring; generation.
  • n. Synonyms Lineage, etc. See pedigree.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the study or investigation of ancestry and family history
  • n. successive generations of kin
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    field    field of study    subject area    subject    study   
    Cross Reference
    family history   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    pedigree    lineage    history    generation    tree   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Egyptology    Scientology    anesthesiology    anthology    anthropology   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    geography    ancestry    lineage    mythology    philology   
     
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