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gentilicials

gentilicials is the plural of gentilicial.

Meaning of gentilicial

Noun

gentilicial (plural gentilicials)

  1. A name or symbol that identifies a family or lineage.
    • But Aurelius is a gentilicial name, like Propertius, and such duplication of gentilicials would be most extraordinary at this period.1977, Lawrence Richardson, Jr., “Introduction”, in Propertius: Elegies, I–IV, Norman, Okla.: the University of Oklahoma Press in cooperation with the American Philological Association, published...

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Questions about gentilicials

What is gentilicials the plural of?
Gentilicials is the plural of gentilicial.

Words near gentilicials in the dictionary

  1. gentilhomme
  2. gentilhommes
  3. gentilic
  4. gentilicia
  5. gentilicial
  6. gentilicials
  7. gentilician
  8. gentilicians
  9. gentilicious
  10. gentilicium
  11. gentilics

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