MEANING
1. An account or study of family descent and ancestry.
2. An account of how an idea, institution, or practice developed through earlier forms.
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Words that belong together
- family genealogy
- trace a genealogy
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The genealogy concealed a missing generation.
She traced the family genealogy through parish records.
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Usage notes
Primary category: gothic. Forms: Singular genealogy; plural genealogies. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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