Genealogies

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Genealogy \Gen`e*al"o*gy\, n.; pl. {Genealogies}. [OE.
     genealogi, genelogie, OF. genelogie, F. g['e]n['e]alogie, L.
     genealogia, fr. Gr. ?; ? birth, race, descent (akin to L.
     genus) + ? discourse.]
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     1. 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.
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     2. Regular descent of a person or family from a progenitor;
        pedigree; lineage.
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