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papponymy

papponymy noun: the practice, or an instance, of naming a grandson after his grandfather.

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
    • He tries to fill these gaps primarily by means of information from several sources: Papponymy (the naming of a grandson after a grandfather) was a common practice during this period.2006, Lester L. Grabbe, A History of the Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period, →ISBN

Forms of papponymy

pluralpapponymies

Questions about papponymy

What does papponymy mean?
Papponymy means the practice, or an instance, of naming a grandson after his grandfather.
What part of speech is papponymy?
Papponymy is a noun.
What is the plural of papponymy?
The plural of papponymy is papponymies.

Words near papponymy in the dictionary

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

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