lineal
adjective/ˈlɪniəl/
/ˈlɪniəl/
[only before noun] (formal)- 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
Oxford Collocations DictionaryLineal is used with these nouns:- descendant
- descent
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from late Latin linealis, from linea ‘a line’.Definitions on the go
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