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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Agnation \Ag*na"tion\, n. [L. agnatio: cf F. agnation.] 1. (Civil Law) Consanguinity by a line of males only, as distinguished from cognation. --Bouvier. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: agnation n : line of descent traced through the paternal side of the family [syn: {patrilineage}]
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