Isonymy

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The property of having the same name, especially the same family name. countable, uncountable

    "This was reflected also in three types of measure of inbreeding: (1) close inbreeding recorded in ecclesiastical dispensations for marriages of relatives; (2) total inbreeding from pedigrees; and (3) inbreeding from marital isonymy."

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"This was reflected also in three types of measure of inbreeding: (1) close inbreeding recorded in ecclesiastical dispensations for marriages of relatives; (2) total inbreeding from pedigrees; and (3) inbreeding from marital isonymy."

Etymology

From iso- + -onymy.

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family name

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