Lineage
Lineage noun - The line of ancestors from whom a person is descended.
Successors and lineage are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Successors" instead a noun "Lineage".
Nearby Word: line
Successors
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- It is one of the most important mark of a magus and inheritors of the family Crest are considered the successors of their family's lineage.
Source: Analysis / Nasuverse -
The Swamp Thing mythology created by Alan Moore and his successors would make both incarnations part of a lineage of Erl-Kings that dated to before humanity.
Source: Legacy Character -
Unlike most versions of the character, his death is the final scene of his respective series and his death also heralds the end of the Prime lineage itself, as he leaves no successors in his name.
Source: The Hero Dies
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