The term meaning "a group of lineages" is a clan. A lineage is a group of families descended form a common ancestor.
Clan
Another word for religious group could be "faith community" or "religious organization."
Another word for "sect" is "faction" or "group."
A group of religious people is often referred to as a congregation, parish, assembly, or community.
The word you are looking for is "religion," which refers to systems of faith and worship practiced by a group of people.
In formal writing, the definite article "the" is typically used with the word "church." For example, "the church of England."
Protists are a paraphyletic group because animals, fungi, and plants are the crown groups evolved from different lineages of the protists. They aren't included in the same group as protists taxonomically. This explains why the cladists consider the protist a paraphyletic group.
What does Hadero mean when she uses the term, "sonic lineages". What does she describe as her own sonic lineages?
This sounds like adaptive radiation.
Protists are a paraphyletic group because animals, fungi, and plants are the crown groups evolved from different lineages of the protists. They aren't included in the same group as protists taxonomically. This explains why the cladists consider the protist a paraphyletic group.
similar structures arising independently in different lineages, convergent evolution among different lineages, and adaptation by different lineages to the same selective pressures
Your ancestry. Those you have descended from are your ancestors. My lineage includes my parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, etc., in my past, and my children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, etc. in my future.
Evolution is a process of continuous divergence. A lineage splits, producing two or more diverging descendant lineages. Each of these lineages may then produce more diverging lineages, like branches stemming from a trunk. As such, a tree structure nicely represents the plot of diverging lineages and their ancestors. Hence, the so-called "tree of life".
Your ancestry. Those you have descended from are your ancestors. My lineage includes my parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, etc., in my past, and my children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, etc. in my future.
The traits are also found in many intervening lineages on the tree of life
Mitochondria
The head monk of Tibetan Buddhism is the Dalai Lama. Each of the four major lineages (as well as some minor lineages) have their own head as well.
The French word for group is groupe.