Definitionadj. in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child
Last update: July 5, 2015
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My friend is a lineal descendant of the company's founder. [Please select]
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He also was provost of Edinburgh at various times, and it is a remarkable instance of the esteem in which the lairds of Merchiston were held that three of them in immediate lineal succession repeatedly filled so important an office during perhaps the most memorable period in the history of the city. [Please select]
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Ain't I a lineal dayscindant of St. [Please select]
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This must be our excuse for a word or two concerning the race from which came his twenty-fifth lineal ancestor. [Please select]
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The rulers of Lu, being lineal descendants of the Duke of Chou, brother of the first Emperor of the Chou dynasty (1122 B.) [Please select]
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"You don't mean to say," cried his hearer in genuine astonishment, "that Virginia has a lineal descendant of the tourney." [Please select]
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Malcolm Canmore, Duncan's grandson, on the other hand, represented the European custom of direct lineal succession against the ancient Scots' mode. [Please select]
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The lineal heirs had pooled their issues and were now fighting side by side. [Please select]
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