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Jesse :: "Jesse (n.) Any representation or suggestion of the genealogy of Christ, in decorative art.

Forefather :: Forefather (n.) One who precedes another in the line of genealogy in any degree, but usually in a remote degree; an ancestor..

Genealogy :: Genealogy (n.) Regular descent of a person or family from a progenitor; pedigree; lineage.

Family :: Family (v. t.) Course of descent; genealogy; line of ancestors; lineage.

Descent :: Descent (n.) A step or remove downward in any scale of gradation; a degree in the scale of genealogy; a generation.

Purana :: Purana (n.) One of a class of sacred Hindoo poetical works in the Sanskrit language which treat of the creation, destruction, and renovation of worlds, the genealogy and achievements of gods and heroes, the reigns of the Manus, and the transactions of their descendants. The principal Puranas are eighteen in number, and there are the same number of supplementary books called Upa Puranas..

Generation :: Generation (n.) A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent; a rank or remove in genealogy. Hence: The body of those who are of the same genealogical rank or remove from an ancestor; the mass of beings living at one period; also, the average lifetime of man, or the ordinary period of time at which one rank follows another, or father is succeeded by child, usually assumed to be one third of a century; an age..

Derivation :: Derivation (n.) The act of tracing origin or descent, as in grammar or genealogy; as, the derivation of a word from an Aryan root..

Theogony :: Theogony (n.) The generation or genealogy of the gods; that branch of heathen theology which deals with the origin and descent of the deities; also, a poem treating of such genealogies; as, the Theogony of Hesiod..

Genealogy :: Genealogy (n.) 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.

Pedigree :: Pedigree (n.) A line of ancestors; descent; lineage; genealogy; a register or record of a line of ancestors.

Genealogical :: Genealogical (a.) Of or pertaining to genealogy; as, a genealogical table; genealogical order..

Ascendant :: Ascendant (n.) An ancestor, or one who precedes in genealogy or degrees of kindred; a relative in the ascending line; a progenitor; -- opposed to descendant..

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