agnate
noun
a relative whose connection is traceable exclusively through males.
agnation
-
a word derived from
agnate.
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Relationship; kinship by descent; as, an agnation between the Latin language and the German.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
When will the laws of heredity, and the by-laws of agnation result in an altruism, where human bloodshed is an unknown horror?
From At the Mercy of Tiberius by Augusta J. (Augusta Jane) Evans
