All 3 Uses of
genealogy
in
Candide
- The old servants of the family suspected him to have been the son of the Baron's sister, by a good, honest gentleman of the neighborhood, whom that young lady would never marry because he had been able to prove only seventy-one quarterings, the rest of his genealogical tree having been lost through the injuries of time.†
Chpt 1genealogical = related to family ancestry or its study
- "Oh, Pangloss!" cried Candide, "what a strange genealogy!†
Chpt 4
- I am not a genealogist, but if these preachers tell truth, we are all second cousins.†
Chpt 19 *genealogist = a person who studies family ancestries
Definition:
family ancestry or its study