agnatical
/æɡˈnætɪkəl/
adjective
- Relating to or based on descent through the male line; patrilineal (less common variant of agnatic).
- The family's agnatical traditions were recorded in old legal documents.
- The agnatical system of the ancient kingdom excluded women from the throne.
- Anthropologists studied the agnatical structure of the nomadic group.
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