lineal

IPA: ɫˈɪniʌɫ

Having an ancestral relationship to mothers, fathers, grandparents, (etc.) and having a descendant relationship to sons, daughters, grandchildren (etc.), exclusive of collateral siblings.
Inheriting by direct descent; having the right by direct descent to succeed (to).
Composed of lines; delineated.
In the direction of a line; of a line; of or relating to a line; measured on, or ascertained by, a line; linear.

Examples of "lineal" in Sentences

We are lineal descendants of Moses.
He is a direct lineal descendant of the king.
The lineal title is mythical and meaningless.
He was the lineal ancestor of all subsequent Habsburg Emperors.
How might the advent of Jesus' lineal descendant be interpreted
It's a matter of lineal succession, in the form of an official fork.
The lineal champion is not necessarily the boxer viewed as the best.
A total of two lineal miles of bioswale was designed into the project.
I'm also skeptical of the unit, as the empire was measured in lineal units.
Strain is detected by measuring the change in resistance of the lineal resistor.