agnate

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

From The New Yorker • May 9, 2016

When the father died, the nearest male of kin, even though declared unqualified as an agnate, came in as guardian.

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

Assuming, as seems probable, that Ollantay was a son of the chief of Anta, he would be a cousin of the Inca, and of very high rank, though not an agnate of the reigning family.

From Apu Ollantay A Drama of the Time of the Incas by Markham, Clements R. (Clements Robert), Sir