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Sept

A clan, tribe, or family, proceeding from a common progenitor; -- used especially of the ancient clans in Ireland.

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Ancestry 76% connected

Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent.

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Blood 76% connected

The fluid which circulates in the principal vascular system of animals, carrying nourishment to all parts of the body, and bringing away waste produc…

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Descent 76% connected

The act of descending, or passing downward; change of place from higher to lower.

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Line 76% connected

Flax; linen.

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Lineage 76% connected

Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; race; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.

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Origin 76% connected

The first existence or beginning of anything; the birth.

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Parentage 76% connected

Descent from parents or ancestors; parents or ancestors considered with respect to their rank or character; extraction; birth; as, a man of noble par…

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Pedigree 76% connected

A line of ancestors; descent; lineage; genealogy; a register or record of a line of ancestors.

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Stemma 76% connected

One of the ocelli of an insect. See Ocellus.

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Stock 76% connected

The stem, or main body, of a tree or plant; the fixed, strong, firm part; the trunk.

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Dynasty 76% connected

Sovereignty; lordship; dominion.

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Gens 76% connected

A clan or family connection, embracing several families of the same stock, who had a common name and certain common religious rites; a subdivision of…

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House 76% connected

A structure intended or used as a habitation or shelter for animals of any kind; but especially, a building or edifice for the habitation of man; a d…

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Name 76% connected

The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class.

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People 76% connected

The body of persons who compose a community, tribe, nation, or race; an aggregate of individuals forming a whole; a community; a nation.

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Michaelmas 70% connected

The feat of the archangel Michael, a church festival, celebrated on the 29th of September. Hence, colloquially, autumn.

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Family 92% connected

The collective body of persons who live in one house, and under one head or manager; a household, including parents, children, and servants, and, as…

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Folk 92% connected

Alt. of Folks

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Kinsfolk 92% connected

Relatives; kindred; kin; persons of the same family or closely or closely related families.

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Phratry 92% connected

A subdivision of a phyle, or tribe, in Athens.

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September 92% connected

The ninth month of the year, containing thurty days.

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