Both Uses
lineage
in
The House of the Seven Gables
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- "Ah, but these hens," answered the young man,—"these hens of aristocratic lineage would scorn to understand the vulgar language of a barn-yard fowl.†
Chpt 6
- Never did a man show stronger proof of the lineage attributed to him than Judge Pyncheon, at this crisis, by his unmistakable resemblance to the picture in the inner room.†
Chpt 15 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(lineage as in: traced her lineage) the blood line traced from family members to their ancestors; or the people related in that line
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)