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AGNATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does agnation mean?
• AGNATION (noun)
The noun AGNATION has 1 sense:
1. line of descent traced through the paternal side of the family
Familiarity information: AGNATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Line of descent traced through the paternal side of the family
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Synonyms:
agnation; patrilineage
Hypernyms ("agnation" is a kind of...):
unilateral descent (line of descent traced through one side of the family)
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