Definition of Agnation

1. Noun. Line of descent traced through the paternal side of the family.

Exact synonyms: Patrilineage
Generic synonyms: Unilateral Descent

Definition of Agnation

1. n. Consanguinity by a line of males only, as distinguished from cognation.

Definition of Agnation

1. Noun. consanguinity by a line of males only, as distinguished from cognation ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Agnation

1. the relationship of agnates [n -S]

Medical Definition of Agnation

1. 1. Consanguinity by a line of males only, as distinguished from cognation. Origin: L. Agnatio: cf. F. Agnation. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Agnation

agnamed
agnames
agnate
agnates
agnath
agnatha
agnathan
agnathans
agnathas
agnathic
agnathous
agnaths
agnatic
agnatical
agnation (current term)
agnations
agnea
agnise
agnised
agnises
agnising
agnition
agnize
agnized
agnizes
agnizing
agnogenic
agnogenic myeloid metaplasia
agnoiolgy

Literary usage of Agnation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Patriarchal Theory: Based on the Papers of the Late John Ferguson McLennan by John Ferguson McLennan, Donald McLennan (1885)
"agnation CONCLUDED. IN the preceding chapters, in which agnation has been treated of, it has been maintained that Sir Henry Maine has not enabled himself to ..."

2. An Introduction to Municipal Law: Designed for General Readers and for by John Norton Pomeroy (1886)
"agnation, or Family Relationship. (Agua- tio, agnati.) The persons thus under the power of a living paterfamilias, including wife and descendants, ..."

3. Historical Introduction to the Roman Law by Frederick Parker Walton (1903)
"agnation. Section 1.—WIFE A QUASI-DAUGHTER. THE importance for us just now of these theories as to ... This is the theory of relationship called agnation, ..."

4. Theories and Criticisms of Sir Henry Maine by Morgan Owen Evans (1896)
"PART XIII COGNATION AND agnation COGNATIC relationship arises through common ... are agnates, and the relationship existing between them is agnation. ..."

5. The Institutes of Justinian: With English Introduction, Translation, and Notes by William Gardiner Hammond (1876)
"The ties of agnation were also lost by the change of status, as the person arrogated passed out of his civil family. 2. Nunc autem nos eamdem acquisi- ..."

6. The Ancient City: A Study on the Religion, Laws, and Institutions of Greece by Fustel de Coulanges (1901)
"Of what the Romans called agnation. PLATO says that kinship is the community of the same domestic gods.4 When Demosthenes wishes to prove that two men are ..."

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