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Cognation

noun
1.
Line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family.  Synonyms: enation, matrilineage.
2.
(anthropology) related by blood.  Synonyms: blood kinship, consanguinity.





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"Cognation" Quotes from Famous Books



... all the names which relate to the different stages of manhood, as well as to family cognation, taken from the titles of priests, which were originally used in temples; such as Pater, Vir, Virgo, Puer, Mater, Matrona, Patronus, Frater, ...
— A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. • Jacob Bryant


Words linked to "Cognation" :   family relationship, consanguinity, anthropology, relationship, affinity, unilateral descent, kinship, matrilineage


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