Genealogy

Definitions

1. The descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; lineage or pedigree.
   countable
2. A record or table of such descent; a family tree.
   countable
3. The study, and formal recording of such descents.
   uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The book significantly extends on Rosenstein’s monumental 1990 work⟳, “The Unbroken Chain,” which focused on the genealogies of the major Ashkenazi rabbinic dynasties from medieval times to the present⟳.”

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