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  • 31line of descent — See collateral descent; lineal descent …

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  • 32line of descent — noun 1. the kinship relation between an individual and the individual s progenitors • Syn: ↑descent, ↑lineage, ↑filiation • Derivationally related forms: ↑filiate (for: ↑filiation), ↑descend …

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  • 33linear measure — Lineal Lin e*al (l[i^]n [ e]*al), a. [L. linealis belonging to a line, fr. linea line: cf. F. lin[ e]al. See 3d {Line}.] 1. Descending in a direct line from an ancestor; hereditary; derived from ancestors; opposed to {collateral}; as, a lineal… …

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  • 34covenant — covenantal /kuv euh nan tl/, adj. /kuv euh neuhnt/, n. 1. an agreement, usually formal, between two or more persons to do or not do something specified. 2. Law. an incidental clause in such an agreement. 3. Eccles. a solemn agreement between the… …

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  • 35Constitution of Bhutan — Bhutan This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Bhutan Constitution Law of Bhutan …

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  • 36Cherokee — For other uses, see Cherokee (disambiguation). Cherokee ᏣᎳᎩ ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯᎢ …

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  • 37line — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. interline, face; delineate. n. mark; cord, string; crease, wrinkle; verse, note; route, system; vocation, calling; lineage; row, file. See indication, filament, poetry, business, ancestry,… …

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  • 38Thomas Hooker — For the State Representative, see Thomas Hooker (Michigan politician). For the singer, see Tom Hooker. Thomas Hooker Hooker s Company reach the Connecticut, publishers: Estes Lauriat, 1879 Born July 5, 1586(1586 07 05) …

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  • 39National Society Daughters of the American Colonists — headquarters in Washington, D.C. The National Society Daughters of the American Colonists strives to educate others about colonial history in the United States. Membership Any woman who is a citizen of the United States of America, is of good… …

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  • 40Culture by region — Cultures of the world is the aggregate of regional variations in culture, both by nation and ethnic group and more broadly, by larger regional variations. Similarities in culture often occur in geographically nearby peoples. Both summaries of… …

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