Definition of Genealogy

Generous

GENEALOGY noun

	An account of one's descent from an ancestor who did not particularly care to trace his own.

		definition from: *The Devil's Dictionary* by Ambrose Bierce, 1911

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Regular definition:

GENEALOGY:
?d?i:n??æl?d?? n. (pl. -ies) 1 a a line of descent traced continuously from an ancestor. b an account or exposition of this. 2 the study and investigation of lines of descent. 3 a plant's or animal's line of development from earlier forms. øøgenealogist n. genealogize v.tr. & intr. (also -ise). [ME f. OF genealogie f. LL genealogia f. Gk genealogia f. genea race]

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