Synonyms for agnates
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ag-neyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈæg neɪt |
Top 10 synonyms for agnates Other synonyms for the word agnates
- agnate
- blood
- blood-relationship
- brother-in-law
- brotherhood
- clansperson
- cognate
- connection
- family tie
- father-in-law
- filiation
- folks
- grandparents
- great-grandparents
- in-laws
- kin
- kindred
- kindredship
- kinship
- kinsman
- kinsperson
- kinswoman
- lineage
- mother-in-law
- nephew
- race
- relation
- sib
- sister-in-law
- sisterhood
- stepbrother
- stepparent
- stepsister
- strain
Définition of agnates
- As in relative : noun member of a family
- As in kinsman : noun relative
- As in kinswoman : noun relative
- As in consanguinity : noun family relationship
- All this is easily understood by a modern; but who are the Agnates?
- Extract from : « Ancient Law » by Sir Henry James Sumner Maine
- On the day of the funeral, all the agnates shave their heads.
- Extract from : « Castes and Tribes of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston
- The other agnates then do the same, and proceed in Indian file, males in front and females in the rear, to the corpse.
- Extract from : « Castes and Tribes of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston
- On the following day, all the old pots are thrown away, and the agnates eat rice cooked with margosa (Melia Azadirachta) leaves.
- Extract from : « Castes and Tribes of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston
- A meal, called pithapona (bitter food), consisting of rice and margosa (Melia Azadirachta) leaves, is partaken of by agnates only.
- Extract from : « Castes and Tribes of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston
- All the agnates should be present on the tenth day, and perform tharpana (oblations of water).
- Extract from : « Castes and Tribes of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston
- The period of death pollution is eleven days, and the agnates are freed from it by a bath on the eleventh day.
- Extract from : « Castes and Tribes of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston
- On the eleventh day, all the agnates bathe, and are touched with ghī (clarified butter) as a sign of purification.
- Extract from : « Castes and Tribes of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston
- But the descendants of such persons will only be Agnates, if they satisfy the conditions which have just been described.
- Extract from : « Ancient Law » by Sir Henry James Sumner Maine
- If there were no children, the estate passed to the agnates, and in default of agnates, to the gentiles of the deceased owner.
- Extract from : « Ancient Society » by Lewis Henry Morgan
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