agnatic

• Adjectif désignant ce qui se rapporte à la descendance ou à la parenté par la ligne masculine, notamment par le père ou les ancêtres paternels.

An obsolete adjective relating to descent or kinship through the male line, specifically through the father or paternal ancestors.

1. Paternal lineageC2formal

   Relating to or descended through the male line, especially in terms of kinship or inheritance.

   Agnatique (lignée paternelle)

   • The inheritance was passed down through the agnatic line.
   • Agnatic succession is common in many monarchies.
   • The family traced its agnatic ancestry back several centuries.

   Synonymesagnatepaternalpatrilineal

   Antonymesenaticmaternaluterine