Plural of agnation; multiple instances or groups of people related through paternal descent.
Simple plural form of 'agnation,' maintaining the Latin-derived root structure while indicating multiple relationships or family groups.
Studying agnations in historical documents reveals how societies actually worked—by tracking who was legally related to whom through male lines, historians can reconstruct ancient social hierarchies!
Plural of agnation, compounding the historical erasure of women's roles in inheritance, property rights, and kinship authority.
Use in technical contexts only; specify which agnatic systems you're discussing and include comparison with matrilineal or bilateral alternatives.
["patrilineal kinship systems","male-line descent structures"]
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