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Genealogy

GENEAL'OGY, n. [L. genealogia; Gr. race, and discourse; Eng. kind.] 1. An account or history of the descent of a person or family from an ancestor; enumeration of ancestors and their children in the natural or...

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GENEAL'OGY, n. [L. genealogia; Gr. race, and discourse; Eng. kind.]

1. An account or history of the descent of a person or family from an ancestor; enumeration of ancestors and their children in the natural order of succession.

2. Pedigree; lineage; regular descent of a person or family from a progenitor.

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