lineage

Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.countableuncountable

• Theſe Anius Ueres [Marcus Annius Verus, father of Marcus Aurelius] was a lygnage, that auanced them to be deſcẽded [descended] of Numa Pompilio, and of Quintꝰ [Quintus] Curtius the famous Romayn: […]
• Edwards great linage by the mothers ſide, / Fiue hundred yeeres hath helde the ſcepter vp,

A number of lines of text in a column.countableuncountable

• Total newspaper advertising lineage in the North Atlantic region

A fee or rate paid per line of text.countableuncountable