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papponymies

papponymies is the plural of papponymy.

Meaning of papponymy

Noun

papponymy (countable and uncountable, plural papponymies)

  1. The practice, or an instance, of naming a grandson after his grandfather.
    • Papponymy is not documented among Israelites. The only exception, Tahat son of 'Elyada' son of Tahat is doubtful and is not a papponymy sensu stricto.1988, Ran Zadok, The Pre-Hellenistic Israelite Anthroponymy and Prosopography, →ISBN

Questions about papponymies

What is papponymies the plural of?
Papponymies is the plural of papponymy.

Words near papponymies in the dictionary

  1. papple
  2. papples
  3. pappodoms
  4. papponymic
  5. papponymics
  6. papponymies
  7. papponymy
  8. pappoose
  9. pappooses
  10. pappose
  11. pappotheriid

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