Definition of Genealagy
Gen`e*al"o*gy (?), n.; pl.
Genealogies (#). [OE. genealogi,
genelogie, OF. genelogie, F.
généalogie, L. genealogia, fr. Gr. &?;;
&?; birth, race, descent (akin to L. genus) + &?;
discourse.]
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; a pedigree.
2. Regular descent of a person or family from
a progenitor; pedigree; lineage.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
GENEALOGY, n. An account of one's descent from an ancestor who did
not particularly care to trace his own.
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; lineage or pedigree
- a record or table of such descent; a family tree
- the study, and formal recording of such descents
- etymology . Online Etymology Dictionary. ed. Douglas Harper. Accessed August 22, 2005.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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