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lineal

being in the direct line, as a descendant: lineal heir

Not to be confused with:

linear – consisting of or using lines: linear design

lin·e·al

(lĭn′ē-əl)

adj.

1. Belonging to or being in the direct line of descent from an ancestor.

2. Derived from or relating to a particular line of descent; hereditary.

3. Linear.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin līneālis, consisting of lines, from Latin līnea, line; see line¹.]

lin′e·al·ly adv.

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lineal

(ˈlɪnɪəl)

adj

1. being in a direct line of descent from an ancestor

2. of, involving, or derived from direct descent

3. a less common word for linear

[C14: via Old French from Late Latin līneālis, from Latin līnea line¹]

ˈlineally adv

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lin•e•al

(ˈlɪn i əl)

adj.

1. being in the direct line, as a descendant or ancestor, or in a direct line, as descent or succession.

2. of or transmitted by lineal descent.

3. linear.

[1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin līneālis; see line¹, -al¹]

lin′e•al•ly, adv.

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Adj.	1.	lineal - in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child; "lineal ancestors"; "lineal heirs"; "a direct descendant of the king"; "direct heredity" direct related - connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage collateral, indirect - descended from a common ancestor but through different lines; "cousins are collateral relatives"; "an indirect descendant of the Stuarts"
	2.	lineal - arranged in a line linear, one-dimensional - of or in or along or relating to a line; involving a single dimension; "a linear measurement"

lineal

adjective

Of unbroken descent or lineage:

direct.

Translations

lineal

[ˈlɪnɪəl] ADJ → lineal, en línea recta; [descent] → en línea directa

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lineal

adj descent → direkt

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Our ships of yesterday will stand to their ships as no lineal ancestors, but as mere predecessors whose course will have been run and the race extinct.

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If the lineal descendants of Ham are alone to be scriptur- ally enslaved, it is certain that slavery at the south must soon become unscriptural; for thousands are ushered into the world, annually, who, like myself, owe their existence to white fathers, and those fa- thers most frequently their own masters.

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I am the lineal descendant of that infant -- I am the rightful Duke of Bridgewater; and here am I, forlorn, torn from my high estate, hunted of men, despised by the cold world, ragged, worn, heart-broken, and degraded to the companion- ship of felons on a raft!"

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* Du Bois, the present librarian of Ardis, is a lineal descendant of this revolutionary pair.

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