Look up: genealogy

1. genealogy
   Type: Term Pronunciation: jē′nē-al′ŏ-jē Definitions: 1. Heredity. 2. The explicit assembly of the descent of a person or family; it may be of any length.
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2. genealogy
   [n] - successive generations of kin
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3. Genealogy
   Study or account of descent from ancestors. 
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4. genealogy
   The study and tracing of family histories. In the UK, the Society of Genealogists in London (established 1911) with its library containing thousands...
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5. Genealogy
   Foucauldian term involving the metaphor of a family tree to indicate an interest in the historical and social roots of ideas, systems of knowledge or discourses. Foucault suggested in a further metaphor that an archaeological approach towards the elucidation of these be adopted.
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6. Genealogy
   Gen`e·al'o·gy noun ; plural Genealogies . [ Middle English genealogi , genelogie , Old French genelogie , French généalogie , Latin genealogia , from Greek ...; ... birth, race, descent (akin to Lat...
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7. genealogy
   1. Heredity. ... 2. The explicit assembly of the descent of a person or family; it may be of any length. ... Origin: G. Genea, descent, + logos, study ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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8. genealogy
   family tree noun successive generations of kin
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9. genealogy
   noun the study or investigation of ancestry and family history
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10. Genealogy
    • (n.) An account or history of the descent of a person or family from an ancestor; enumeration of ancestors and their children in the natural order of succession; a pedigree. • (n.) Regular descent of a person or family from a progenitor; pedigree; lineage.
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11. genealogy
    the study of family origins and history. Genealogists compile lists of ancestors, which they arrange in pedigree charts or other written forms. The ... [7 related articles]
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12. genealogy
    genealogy (jē"nēol'ujē, –ăl'–, je–) , the study of family lineage. Genealogies have existed since ancient times. Family lineage was originally transmitted through oral tradition and later, with the invention of writing, was passed on through writ...
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13. Genealogy
    Genealogy is the account or history of the descent of a person or of a family from an ancestor or ancestors in the natural order of succession. Persons descended from a common father constitute a family. Under the idea of degree of relationship is denoted the nearness or remoteness of relationship i...
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14. Genealogy
    Recorded family descent. Pedigree.
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15. genealogy
    Your ancestors.
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16. Genealogy
    `Genealogy` (from logos-->, "knowledge") is the study of families and the tracing of their lineages and history. Genealogists use oral traditions, historical records, genetic analysis, and other records to obtain information about a family and to demonstrate kinship and date=April 2010...
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17. Genealogy
    (philosophy) In philosophy, `genealogy` is a historical technique in which one questions the commonly understood emergence of various philosophical and social beliefs by showing alternative and subversive histories of their development. It has been developed as a continuation of the works of ...
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