line of descent

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line of descent - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  line of descent
      n 1: the kinship relation between an individual and the
           individual's progenitors [syn: descent, line of descent
           , lineage, filiation]
      2: the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has
         been warriors" [syn: lineage, line, line of descent,
         descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree,
         ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock]