Noun has 2 senses

• line of descent(n = noun.linkdef) descent, filiation, lineage - the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors;



• line of descent(n = noun.group) ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock - the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"