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How to use genealogical in a sentence

12 example sentences · adjective

Genealogical means of or relating to genealogy. Example: “I'm planning a trip to the cem next week to gather some genealogical information.”

Examples of genealogical by meaning

adjectiveOf or relating to genealogy.

  • The new book enlarges the genealogical pyramid, connecting it to Rabbi Jehiel Lurie, head of the 13th-century rabbinical court in Brest-Litovsk, then back to Rashi and beyond.2004 October 24, Bill Gladstone, “The oldest family in the world”, in Jewish Telegraphic Agency, archived from the original on 28 Sep 2021

More sentences with genealogical

  • I'm planning a trip to the cem next week to gather some genealogical information.From the entry cem
  • Family Bibles were common in Victorian Britain, and are often used as sources for genealogical research.From the entry family Bible
  • This is a question of the madness of writing through several languages, in a genealogical diagraphy.2019, Abdelkebir Khatibi, Plural Maghreb: Writings on Postcolonialism. From the entry diagraphy
  • The genealogical kinship we share with the ʻāina and the lani.2016 June 3, Brandy Nalani McDougall, Finding Meaning: Kaona and Contemporary Hawaiian Literature, University of Arizona Press, →ISBN…. From the entry ʻāina
  • For example, fullsibs, considered as a genealogical category, are symmetrically related to ego.2012, In the Light of Evolution: Volume V: Cooperation and Conflict, National Academy of Sciences. From the entry fullsib
  • It is, therefore, not surprising that they claim the oldest genealogical tradition as well.2004, Thomas H. C. Lee, editor, The New and the Multiple: Sung Senses of the Past, Chinese University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 248. From the entry Fu-chou
  • An arboreal animal which makes itself at home in genealogical trees.1911, Ambrose Bierce, “monkey”, in The Devil’s Dictionary, New York, N.Y.; Washington, D.C.: The Neale Publishing Company, →OCLC. From the entry arboreal
  • Together they indulge in a veritable genealogical orgy.1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “II. The Suppliant Maidens”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 40. From the entry orgy
  • These two ‘autobiographical’ novels are, of course, Bildungsromans – indeed Künstlerromans – as well as genealogical allegorizings of historical and metatextual particularities.2004, Jeffrey W Hunter, Contemporary Literary Criticism, volume 191, page 224. From the entry Künstlerromans
  • In order to demonstrate the pre-theistic or pre-deistic origin of religion from primitive simplicity, genealogical scholars elaborated a standard method of evolutionary stratification.1978, Park McGinty, Interpretation and Dionysos: Method in the Study of a God, page 13. From the entry pre-theistic
  • Their favourite pupils were the snotty little swotters who could repeat parrot-like most historical dates, the division of fractions and the genealogical musical chairs of the English monarchy.1988, Paul Stuewe, The Storms Below: The Turbulent Life and Times of Hugh Garner, James Lorimer & Company, →ISBN, page 21. From the entry swotter

Meaning of genealogical

  1. adjective Of or relating to genealogy.
  2. adjective Of the relationships among individuals within a species.
  3. adjective Genetic (based on shared membership in a linguistic family).

Full definition of genealogical

Questions about genealogical in a sentence

How do you use genealogical in a sentence?
Genealogical is used as an adjective. For example: “I'm planning a trip to the cem next week to gather some genealogical information.”
What is a short sentence with genealogical?
“Together they indulge in a veritable genealogical orgy.”
What does genealogical mean?
Genealogical means of or relating to genealogy.

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