line of descent   (TTS Sound)

The noun line of descent has 2 senses

• descent, line of descent, lineage, filiation -- (the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors)


• lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock -- (the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors")