AGNATION - Definition

Pronunciation:		ag'neyshun
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] line of descent traced through the paternal side of the family

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	Synonyms:	patrilineage

	See Also:	unilateral descent

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Ag*na"tion\, n. [L. agnatio: cf. F. agnation.] 1. (Civil Law) Consanguinity by a line of males only, as distinguished from cognation. --Bouvier.

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