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 line of descent
      n 1: the kinship relation between an individual and the
           individual's progenitors [syn: descent, lineage, filiation]
      2: the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has
         been warriors" [syn: lineage, line, descent, bloodline,
          blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin,
         parentage, stemma, stock]