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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024lin•e•age1 /ˈlɪniɪdʒ/USA pronunciation n. - the line of descendants of a particular ancestor;
family;
race: [uncountable]a family of ancient lineage.[countable]noble lineages.
See -lin-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024lin•e•age1 (lin′ē ij),USA pronunciation n. - lineal descent from an ancestor;
ancestry or extraction:She could trace her lineage to the early Pilgrims. - the line of descendants of a particular ancestor;
family;
race.
- Vulgar Latin *līneāticum. See line1, -age
- Anglo-French; Old French lignage
- 1275–1325; line(al) + -age; replacing Middle English linage
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged pedigree, parentage, derivation, genealogy.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged tribe, clan.
line•age2 (lī′nij),USA pronunciation n. - linage.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: lineage /ˈlɪnɪɪdʒ/ n - direct descent from an ancestor, esp a line of descendants from one ancestor
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French lignage, from Latin līnea line1 lineage /ˈlaɪnɪdʒ/ n - a variant spelling of linage
lin•age (lī′nij),USA pronunciation n. - the number of printed lines, esp. agate lines, covered by a magazine article, newspaper advertisement, etc.
- the amount charged, paid, or received per printed line, as of a magazine article or short story.
- [Archaic.]alignment.
Also, lineage. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: linage, lineage /ˈlaɪnɪdʒ/ n - the number of lines in a piece of written or printed matter
- payment for written material calculated according to the number of lines
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