Found 2 items, similar to Cognation.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: cognation cognation n 1: line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family [syn: matrilineage, enation] 2: related by blood [syn: consanguinity, blood kinship] [ant: affinity]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Cognation Cognation \Cog*na"tion\, n. [L. cognatio.] 1. Relationship by blood; descent from the same original; kindred. [1913 Webster] As by our cognation to the body of the first Adam. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 2. Participation of the same nature. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] A like temper and cognation. --Sir K. Digby. [1913 Webster] 3. (Law) That tie of consanguinity which exists between persons descended from the same mother; -- used in distinction from agnation. [1913 Webster] ||