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lineage

English

Alternative forms

  • linage

Etymology

From Middle English linage, from Old French linage, from ligne, from Latin linea (line); equivalent to line +? -age.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?l?.ni.?d?/

Noun

lineage (countable and uncountable, plural lineages)

  1. Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.
  2. (advertising) A number of lines of text in a column.
  3. A fee or rate paid per line of text.

Related terms

  • line
  • lineal
  • linear

Translations

See also

  • genealogy

References

  • lineage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • lineage in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

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gompa

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Tibetan ?????? (dgon pa).

Noun

gompa (plural gompas)

  1. (Buddhism) A Buddhist ecclesiastical fortification of learning, lineage and sadhana in Tibet, India, Nepal, or Bhutan.

Translations

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