agnate
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The land through which she guides us is flavid, agnate, calcined, karsty.
From The New Yorker ● May 9, 2016
Failing an agnate, a member of the gens of the dead man is to inherit.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various
When the father died, the nearest male of kin, even though declared unqualified as an agnate, came in as guardian.
From Woman under socialism by Daniel De Leon
The motive to the act was not so generally childlessness, or the gratification of affection, as the desire to acquire those civil and agnate rights which were founded on the patria potestas.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
Similarly, in Athens, did Solon decree that an heiress had to marry her nearest male agnate, even though both belonged to the same gens, and, according to former law, such a marriage was forbidden.
From Woman under socialism by Daniel De Leon
