Linages

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Family descent or ancestry ; a count of printed lines used to determine payment for text
2. Ancestral heritage traced through generations ; the quantity of lines in printed matter, billed by the line
3. A person's line of descent from forebears ; the number of lines of type in an article or advertisement, used for pricing

Etymology: "Linages" is the plural of "linage," a noun for a line of descent or ancestry, and for the number of lines in a piece of printed or written text. The singular form is the one that carries the core of the word's history, so the plural simply counts several such lines or families at once.