Usually means: Relatives through male descent line.
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  2. Agnates: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (agnate)

noun:  A relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family.
noun:  Any paternal male relative.
noun:  (linguistics) A statement having a similar meaning to another, but a different structure.
adjective:  Related to someone by male connections or on the paternal side of the family.
adjective:  allied; akin
adjective:  (linguistics) Having a similar semantic meaning.
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