ancient lineage

collocation in English

meaningsofancientandlineage

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ancient
adjective
uk
/ˈeɪn.ʃənt/us
/ˈeɪn.ʃənt/
of or from a long time ago, having lasted for a very ...
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lineage
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈlɪn.i.ɪdʒ/us
/ˈlɪn.i.ɪdʒ/
the members of a person's family who are directly related to that person and who lived a long time before him ...
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(Definition ofancientandlineagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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If cerebral asymmetries for human vocalisation truly have theancientlineageargued here, why should any modern humans be right-brained or left-handed?
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In the courts it is a poor rule which cannot find a good reason in former decisions and fit itself out with anancientlineage.
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As a matter of fact, they are not ofancientlineage.
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He is of veryancientlineage; and his ancestors have for many centuries given distinguished services to the country.
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The principle of lawmakers delegating rule making has a somewhat moreancientlineagethan he suggested.
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Men ofancientlineagedo not rise and wave their napkins unless they are under the stress of severe spiritual emotion.
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Our immunity from arrest has anancientlineage.
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It must be recognised, though, that there are a considerable number of people who follow greyhound racing, which involves the breeding and training of an animal ofancientlineage.
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They are the most recently discovered family of chalcidoids (though, ironically, they may be the mostancientlineage), and nothing is known about their biology.
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Archostemata is anancientlineagewith a number of primitive characteristics.
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This refers to the belief that this crocodile comes from anancientlineagethat diverged from other species of caiman some thirty million years ago.
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Some reside here to be near ancestors, of recent toancientlineage.
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These are anancientlineageof sea eagles, and as such have dark talons, beaks, and eyes.
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Both groups are certainly ofancientlineage.
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Current opinion is that they are more likely a very distinct andancientlineage, and constitute a suborder on their own.
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Their relatively primitive form indicates they have anancientlineage.
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This refers to the belief that this crocodile comes from anancientlineagethat diverged from other species of caimans some 30 million years ago.
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Like other members of itsancientlineage, it has a whistling call which is given in flight or on the ground.
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The study concluded that giant viruses have evolved from more complex organisms into their highly parasitic form, and are anancientlineage, alongside that of the other domains.
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Stag beetles are anancientlineagethought to have evolved with the dinosaurs over 200 million years ago.
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