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descent
noun(de-scent)
derivation from an ancestor : birth, lineage
descent
noun(de-scent)
transmission or devolution of an estate by inheritance usually in the descending line
descent
noun(de-scent)
the fact or process of originating from an ancestral stock
descent
idiom(de-scent)
having ancestors who were kings, queens, etc.

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