agnation
agnation noun: consanguinity by a line of males only, as distinguished from cognation.
Noun
agnation (countable and uncountable, plural agnations)
- consanguinity by a line of males only, as distinguished from cognation
- Between an uncle and his sister's son, therefore, there is no agnation, but only kinship1803, William Alexander Hunter, A Systematic and Historical Exposition of Roman Law in the Order of a Code
- Furthermore, for reasons that will by now be obvious, interhouse relations represent a paradigm for the politics of agnation at large: any competition for influence or position among patrilateral kin is, in essence, a rivalry between houses produced by a shared ancestor and reproduced across the...1986, John L. Comaroff, Simon Roberts, Rules and Processes, →ISBN, page 226
- The property of being agnate.
agnation meaning in Tamil
agnation in Tamil
- ஓரின உறவு
Forms of agnation
| plural | agnations |
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Origin of agnation
Learned borrowing from Latin agnatio. Compare French agnation.
Questions about agnation
- What does agnation mean?
- Agnation means consanguinity by a line of males only, as distinguished from cognation.
- What is agnation in Tamil?
- Agnation in Tamil is ஓரின உறவு. See Agnation meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is agnation?
- Agnation is a noun.
- What is the plural of agnation?
- The plural of agnation is agnations.
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