Agnate in A Sentence

    1

    One close agnate of K lineage was living in Ankara with an Ankara wife.

    2

    The grand duchy, being hereditary only in the male line, passed to the nearest agnate, the duke of Nassau.

    3

    The title of the sovereign is king of Bavaria, that of his presumptive heir is crown-prince of Bavaria, and during the minority or incapacity of the sovereign a regency is declared, which is vested in the nearest male agnate capable of ascending the throne.

    4

    There were tribes where the basis of kinship was agnate, but these were the exceptions.