agnate

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The land through which she guides us is flavid, agnate, calcined, karsty.

From The New Yorker • May 9, 2016

The grand duchy, being hereditary only in the male line, passed to the nearest agnate, the duke of Nassau.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various

Similarly, in Athens, did Solon decree that an heiress had to marry her nearest male agnate, even though both belonged to the same gens, and, according to former law, such a marriage was forbidden.

From Woman under socialism by De Leon, Daniel

So, too, if your brother, or your paternal uncle, or even a more remote agnate, adopts any one, that person undoubtedly becomes one of your agnates.

From The Institutes of Justinian by Moyle, John Baron

Failing an agnate, a member of the gens of the dead man is to inherit.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various