stirps
[ sturps ]
/ stɜrps /
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noun, plural stir·pes [stur-peez]. /ˈstɜr piz/.
a stock; family or branch of a family; line of descent.
Law. a person from whom a family is descended.
Biology Now Rare. a family, superfamily, or permanent variety.
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Origin of stirps
1675–85; <Latin: rootstock, trunk
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How to use stirps in a sentence
In the absence of these, equality ruled between individuals; they shared 'per capita,' and not 'per stirpes.'
The English Village Community|Frederic SeebohmIndeed we need not care whether the division per stirpes or per capita, our share is not the less in either case.
Americanisms and Briticisms|Brander MatthewsHe published Stirpes Nov, a splendid book, and was engaged in preparing a work on English plants.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel MunsellThese subtribes are both further resolvable into two or more races (Stirpes).
An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. IV (of 4)|William Kirby
British Dictionary definitions for stirps
stirps
/ (stɜːps) /
noun plural stirpes (ˈstɜːpiːz)
genealogy a line of descendants from an ancestor; stock or strain
botany a race or variety, esp one in which the characters are maintained by cultivation
Word Origin for stirps
C17: from Latin: root, family origin
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