All 3 Uses of
lineage
in
The Scarlet Letter
- On the wall hung a row of portraits, representing the forefathers of the Bellingham lineage, some with armour on their breasts, and others with stately ruffs and robes of peace.†
Chpt 7 *
- They say, child, thou art of the lineage of the Prince of Air!†
Chpt 22
- Not improbably this circumstance wrought a very material change in the public estimation; and had the mother and child remained here, little Pearl at a marriageable period of life might have mingled her wild blood with the lineage of the devoutest Puritan among them all.†
Chpt 24
Definition:
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(lineage as in: traced her lineage) the blood line traced from family members to their ancestors; or the people related in that line