GENEALOGY in a Sentence
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Example sentences for GENEALOGY, such as:
1. Thus, these clever devices are curious stillbirths in our genealogy of automation.
2. He was proud of his genealogy and constantly referred to the achievements of his ancestors.
2. He was proud of his genealogy and constantly referred to the achievements of his ancestors.
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Meanings and Examples of GENEALOGY
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genealogy
n. account or history of descent of person or family from ancestor; lineage
Classic Sentence:
1 If a question in heraldry were started, Athos knew all the noble families of the kingdom, their genealogy, their alliances, their coats of arms, and the origin of them.
2 It is possible," said Morcerf; "my father has in his study a genealogical tree which will tell you all that, and on which I made commentaries that would have greatly edified Hozier and Jaucourt.
3 One sent forth the praises of Athelstane in a doleful panegyric; another, in a Saxon genealogical poem, rehearsed the uncouth and harsh names of his noble ancestry.
4 Prince Andrew, looking again at that genealogical tree, shook his head, laughing as a man laughs who looks at a portrait so characteristic of the original as to be amusing.
Example Sentence:
1 He was proud of his genealogy and constantly referred to the achievements of his ancestors.
2 Thus, these clever devices are curious stillbirths in our genealogy of automation.