Agnatic
/æɡˈnætɪk/ adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 of the male bloodline; patrilineal
"agnatic primogeniture"
Adjective
- 1 related on the father's side wordnet
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More examples"Men accuse agnates of their own generation of bewitching them. Full brothers are not often suspected although half-brothers may be accused of witchcraft and agnatic cousins and more distant members of a man's minimal lineage are not unusual suspects."
Etymology
From French agnatique, from Latin agnātus (“paternal kinsman”). Equivalent to agnate + -ic.