Both Uses of
lineage
in
The House of the Seven Gables
- "Ah, but these hens," answered the young man,—"these hens of aristocratic lineage would scorn to understand the vulgar language of a barn-yard fowl.†
Chpt 6
- Never did a man show stronger proof of the lineage attributed to him than Judge Pyncheon, at this crisis, by his unmistakable resemblance to the picture in the inner room.†
Chpt 15 *
Definition:
the blood line traced from family members to their ancestors; or the people related in that line