figurative. A degree of descent in a genealogy.
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| 释义 | society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > lineage or descent > [noun] > a line of descent > degree in descent (8) kneec1000 figurative. A degree of descent in a genealogy. greec1315 A ‘step’ in direct line of descent; a degree of relationship; = degree, n. 3 greis defendant (Scottish): forbidden degrees. Obsolete. generationa1387 A set of members of a family, esp. the offspring of the same parent or parents, regarded as a single step or stage in descent; (also more… degreea1400 A ‘step’ in direct line of descent; in plural the number of such steps, upward or downward, or both upward to a common ancestor and downward from… descent1538 A stage in the generational line through which a person descends; a generation. Obsolete. descendancy1603 A stage in lineal descent, a generation; = descent, n. 4. Now rare. remove1741 A step (represented by a generation) in a direct line of descent from a common ancestor; = degree, n. 3a. Cf. removed, adj. 2a. Also in extended… family tree1752 A genealogical diagram tracing the generations of a family; the relationships represented in such a diagram; lineage. Also in extended use: one's… |
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