stirps
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These are called “individualizing characteristics,” “notae individuantes,” the familiar scholastic list of them being “forma, figura, locus, tempus, stirps, patria, nomen,” with manifest reference to the individual “man”.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Peter Coffey
But for democracies, they need it not; and they are commonly more quiet, and less subject to sedition, than where there are stirps of nobles.
From The Essays of Francis Bacon by Francis Bacon
They do not refuse the knowledge of other colonies of other stirps and origins, and they even combine in temporary alliance with them.
From April Hopes by William Dean Howells
A syllable in Latin may consist of from one to six letters, as a, ab, ars, Mars, stans, stirps.
From The Roman Pronunciation of Latin Why we use it and how to use it by Frances Ellen Lord
He was a Jew and circumcised: for they have some few stirps of Jews yet remaining among them, whom they leave to their own religion.
From New Atlantis by Francis Bacon
Choosing per stirpes can provide a hedge if a child has children before the beneficiary designation is updated, so that a deceased child’s share will pass on to their descendants.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
Per stirpes routes a deceased beneficiary’s portion to their children — in other words, your grandchildren.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
These became modified into two stirpes: A, that of the worms; and B, that of the sponges.
From Critiques and Addresses by Thomas Henry Huxley
Indeed we need not care whether the division per stirpes or per capita, our share is not the less in either case.
From Americanisms and Briticisms with other essays on other isms by Brander Matthews
I can't crowd out others as desirable as he for the sake of carrying all of his stirpes.
From The Second Deluge by Garrett Putman Serviss
