单词 | genealogy |
释义 | genealogyn. 1. a. An account of one's descent from an ancestor or ancestors, by enumeration of the intermediate persons; a pedigree. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > lineage or descent > genealogy as study > [noun] > genealogical record genealogyc1384 lineal1426 stock1552 genealogue1586 stemma1879 whakapapa1960 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Tim. i. 4 Nethir ȝyue tent to fablis and genologies withouten endes. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7846 Tuix abraham and king daui, Yee herken nov þe geneologi. c1440 York Myst. xxv. 242 Of Juda come owre kyng so gent..þe Genolagye beres witnesse on. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clxxiiii. f. cv The Genelogy of Charlys the Conquerour..maye the Clerelyer appere. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. xii. 21 The Poets first commended them [sc. the gods] by their genealogies or pedegrees. 1683 Britanniæ Speculum Pref. 6 King James..whose genealogy from Cadwalladar I have here set down. a1750 C. Middleton Misc. Wks. (1752) II. 24 The two different genealogies of our Saviour's family. 1867 C. H. Pearson Hist. Eng. I. 12 The early mention of genealogies in the Welsh laws is proof of the importance attached to noble birth. 1869 J. E. Cussans Handbk. Heraldry (rev. ed.) xxi. 270 A copious record..is commonly called a Genealogy; but when the names only are inserted..it is more correct to style it a Pedigree. Both words, however, are frequently used in the same signification. b. Biology. The line of development of an animal or plant from older forms. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > evolution > [noun] development1830 evolution1832 descent1859 genealogy1880 emergence1911 1880 S. Haughton Six Lect. Physical Geogr. vi. 284 The true Horse appears in the Upper Pliocene, and completes the genealogy of the horse. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > lineage or descent > [noun] kinc892 strindc900 i-cundeOE bloodOE kindredOE birtha1250 strainc1275 gesta1300 offspring?a1300 lineagea1330 descentc1330 linec1330 progenya1382 generationc1384 engendrurec1390 ancestry?a1400 genealogya1400 kind?a1400 stranda1400 coming?a1425 bedc1430 descencec1443 descension1447 ligneea1450 originc1450 family1474 originala1475 extraction1477 nativityc1485 parentelea1492 stirpc1503 stem?c1550 race1563 parentage1565 brood1590 ancientry1596 descendance1599 breeding1600 descendancy1603 delineation1606 extract1631 ancestory1650 agnation1782 havage1799 engendure1867 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 5602 A man was of his genelogi Fra him bot to þe toþer kne. c1440 York Myst. xxx. 29 Was nevir juge in þis Jurie of so jocounde generacion Nor of so joifull genolgie to gentrys enjoyned. 1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 29 Me thynkyth it best for me Ageyn to returne in to Italye..For ther is the issu of my genealogy. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xiv. 38 With Amaury was is next frendes, all issuyd of ye genalogey of Gannelon. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) 1 Illustir princes engendrit of magnanime genoligie, & discendit of Royal progenituris. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > descendant > [noun] > collectively bairn-teamc885 kinc950 seedOE teamOE offspringOE kindOE childrenc1175 lineage1303 generationa1325 issuea1325 successiona1340 kindredc1350 progenya1382 posterityc1410 sequelc1440 ligneea1450 posterior1509 genealogy1513 propagation1536 racea1547 postery1548 after-spring1583 bowela1593 afterworld1594 loin1608 descendance1617 succession1618 proles1640 descent1667 ramage1936 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid v. xii. 131 Thair sall thow lern all thi genealogy, And what cetie is to the destany. 1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey II. 187 Five or six sons and sons-in-law and their several wives, and a joyous genealogy out of 'em. 4. The investigation of family pedigrees, viewed as a department of study or knowledge. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > lineage or descent > genealogy as study > [noun] genealogy1805 1805 Tucker's Light of Nature Pursued (ed. 2) II. 466 Genealogy and chronology can scarcely be called sciences. DerivativesΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > lineage or descent > genealogy as study > [adjective] > having recorded genealogy genealogied1611 pedigreed1682 pedigree1861 1611 H. Broughton Require of Agreement Ep. Ded. sig. A6 Iesus, Mary, Ely are Luc. 3. genealogied, not Ioseph. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.c1384 |
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