stirps
[ sturps ]
/ stɜrps /
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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Example sentences from the Web for stirps
The principal characters of the story, belonging to the stirps Muciana, are purely imaginary.
Quintus Claudius, Volume 1 of 2|Ernst EcksteinAmong the Iroquois descent was never reckoned through the male line, the stirps being always a woman.
The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha|Ellen H. WalworthSome took the additional name from the stirps instead of from the gns, that is, from the cognmen instead of from the nmen.
The Private Life of the Romans|Harold Whetstone Johnston
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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