DESCENT, in genealogy, the order or succession of descendants in a line or family; or their distance from a common progenitor: Thus we say, one descent, two descents, &c.
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DESCENT, in genealogy, the order or succession of descendants in a line or family; or their distance from a common progenitor: Thus we say, one descent, two descents, &c.