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How to pronounce line of descent in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock
Type of family tree, genealogy
Has types family line, folk, sept, family, kinsfolk, phratry, side, kinfolk
Type Words
Synonyms descent, filiation, lineage
Type of family relationship, kinship, relationship
Has types unilateral descent, bilateral descent

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Later published studies used mitochondrial DNA to study the female line of descent.
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The titles followed a male-only line of descent and could not be purchased.
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A cadet branch is a line of descent from another line than the senior-most.
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The House of York based its claim to the throne on this line of descent.
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The genealogies of Genesis record the line of descent from Adam through Noah to Abraham.
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In this manner, all BTW's can trace a direct line of descent all the way back to Gardner.
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The line of descent for monarchs and main personalities is almost exclusively through males.
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She married the Duke of Bedford, and from there there is a clear line of descent to present day.
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It was this line of descent to which the Julii claimed kinship.
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