Sentence examples for agnatic from inspiring English sources

Failing these heirs, the nearest agnatic relations (relations in the male line of descent) succeeded, and, if there were no agnates, the members of the gens, or clan, of the deceased succeeded.

Most groups observe patrilineal descent, but the significance of such agnatic ties among kin groups differs from one society to another.

In all the societies descent was reckoned in the male line, but the significance of such agnatic ties among kin groups differed from one society to another.

Since his death, in 1953, royal succession has been determined on the principle of agnatic seniority, whereby a king's younger brother is preferred over his sons.