pedigreed
Of recorded ancestry
Pedigreed describes an animal with documented ancestry of purebred lineage: a pedigreed Siamese cat, pedigreed racehorses.
The term extends to people or things with distinguished backgrounds or credentials: a pedigreed economist from Harvard, pedigreed venture capital firms.
The implication is verified quality through traceable origins.
Of pure ancestral line
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- registeredFormally recorded or enrolled
- championTop competitor, or advocate
sire · dam · progeny · kennel · breeder · studbook · conformation · standard
Titled ruling class
- bluebloodPerson of noble birth
- patricianHighborn Roman elite
- gentryHighborn but not noble
- upper-classSocially and economically privileged
aristocratic · titled · elite · prestigious · refined · cultivated · exclusive · privileged
Study of family descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- forebearsAncestral family members
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
- descendantsThose who come after
family · dynasty · bloodline · clan · descent · generations · forefathers · heritage
thoroughbred
Of pure ancestral line
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- registeredFormally recorded or enrolled
champion · sire · dam · progeny · kennel · breeder · studbook · conformation · standard · genetics
nobility
Titled ruling class
upper-class · aristocratic · titled · elite · prestigious · refined · cultivated · exclusive · privileged · wellborn
genealogy
Study of family descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- forebearsAncestral family members
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
descendants · family · dynasty · bloodline · clan · descent · generations · forefathers · heritage · roots
- nobilityking, queen, prince, princess, duke
- breedingbreeder, crossbreeding, mating, outbreeding, hybridization
- pedigree papersDocuments certifying purebred ancestry
- pedigree chartDiagram tracing ancestral lines
- family pedigreesRecords of ancestral lineage