agnatic

Adjective
Synonyms: agnatepaternal

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Adjective (1)

  1. related on the father's side“a paternal aunt”Synonyms: agnatepaternalOpposite unrelatedSimilar related
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Ag·nat′ic (…), adjective

Origin: Cf. F. agnatique.

Pertaining to descent by the male line of ancestors. “The agnatic succession.” Blackstone, Sir William

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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