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Definition of lineal adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

lineal

adjective
 
/ˈlɪniəl/
 
/ˈlɪniəl/
 [only before noun] (formal)
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  1. coming in a direct line from an earlier or later generation of the same family as somebody
    • a lineal descendant of the company’s founder
    Topics Family and relationshipsc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryLineal is used with these nouns:
    • descendant
    • descent
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    Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from late Latin linealis, from linea ‘a line’.
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