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Definition of linage : See Lineage.

Synonyms:

bloodline, blood, line, descent, origin, line of descent, stock, parentage, blood line, derivation, pedigree, lineage, ancestry, filiation, stemma

Usage examples:

• Then one of the company put off his upper robe and put it on my backe: which done, the Priest looked upon me, with a sweete and benigne voice, gan say in this sort: O my friend Lucius, after the endurance of so many labours, and the escape of so many tempests of fortune, thou art at length come to the port and haven of rest and mercy: neither did thy noble linage, thy dignity, thy doctrine, or any thing prevaile, but that thou hast endured so many servil pleasures, by a little folly of thy youthfullnes, whereby thou hast had a sinister reward for thy unprosperous curiositie, but howsoever the blindnes of fortune tormented thee in divers dangers: so it is, that now unwares to her, thou art come to this present felicitie: let fortune go, and fume with fury in another place, let her finde some other matter to execute her cruelty, for fortune hath no puissance against them which serve and honour our goddesse. - "The Golden Asse", Lucius Apuleius.
• Jack has always borne him affection, partly for the high discent and linage from whence he sprung, and partly for the tender care and provident respect he had of poore soldiers ... - "The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare", J. J. Jusserand.