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line of business |
line of control |
line of credit |
line of defence |
line of defense |
line of descent
| line of destiny
| line of duty
| line of fate
| line of fire
| line of flight
line of descent
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun line of descent has 2 senses
- line of descent(n = noun.linkdef) descent, filiation, lineage - the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors; Array is a kind of family relationship, kinship, relationship
- line of descent(n = noun.group) ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock - the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors" has particulars: family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept, side
has particulars: bilateral descent, unilateral descent
is a kind of family tree, genealogy
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