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- study of family history, showing who the ancestors of particular people were and how they were related to each other [Barron]
- an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms [Taisha]
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- WordNet:
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- Merriam-Webster Online:
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- MSN Encarta:
- genealogy @ Encarta
- American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language:
- genealogy @ AHD provided by Yahoo! Education
- Answers.com:
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