Lexic.us

Definition of Line of descent

1. Noun. The kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors.

2. Noun. The descendants of one individual. "His entire lineage has been warriors"

Lexicographical Neighbors of Line Of Descent

line managers line noise line of Bechterew line of Gennari line of Kaes line of Saturn line of battle line of beauty line of best fit line of business

line of centers line of credit line of defence line of defense line of demarcation line of descent (current term) line of destiny line of dip line of duty line of fate

line of fire line of fixation line of flight line of force line of gab line of heart line of inquiry line of latitude line of least resistance line of life

Literary usage of Line of descent

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the by James Terry White (1910)
"From them the line of descent is traced through their son Samuel, who married Sarah Appleton; their son Samuel, who married Mary Emerson; their son John, ..."

2. Life of Joseph Brant-Thayendanegea: Including the Border Wars of the by William Leete Stone (1838)
"Account of the family of Brant subsequent to his death—Catharine Brant—The line of descent amon^the Mohawks—John Brant, the youngest son, appointed to the ..."

3. The Primitive Family in Its Origin and Development by Carl Nicolai Starcke (1889)
"... from the paternal to the maternal line of descent; the clan is then ruled by hereditary chiefs, and the family as a privileged group is lost. ..."

4. Things Chinese: Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with China by James Dyer Ball (1893)
"... for grandparents and great-grandparents; for brothers, sisters, &c.; for uncles, aunts, &c.; and for distant relatives in line of descent or ascent. ..."

5. A Treatise on the Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use by Austin Flint (1868)
"The line of descent connects the two succeeding lines of ascent extending ... The line of descent in health has in its course an oscillation more or less ..."

6. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone (1876)
"... is qualified to be his heir; for he is sure to be in the line of descent from the first purchaser, whether it were the line of the father or the mother. ..."

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