Agnatic

//æɡˈnætɪk//

"Agnatic" in a Sentence (2 examples)

agnatic primogeniture

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.

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