stirps

stirps
Synonyms and related words:
affiliation, animal kingdom, apparentation, birth, blood, bloodline, branch, breed, brood, clan, class, common ancestry, consanguinity, deme, derivation, descent, direct line, distaff side, extraction, family, female line, filiation, folk, gens, house, kind, line, line of descent, lineage, male line, matriclan, nation, order, patriclan, people, phratry, phyle, phylum, plant kingdom, race, seed, sept, side, spear side, species, spindle side, stem, stock, strain, succession, sword side, totem, tribe

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  • Stirps — Stirps, n.; pl. {Stirpes}. [L., stem, stock.] 1. (Law) Stock; race; family. Blackstone. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) A race, or a fixed and permanent variety. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • stirps — I index ancestry, family (common ancestry) II index issue (progeny), lineage …   Law dictionary

  • Stirps — (röm. Ant.), Zweig, Unterabtheilung einer Familie, s.u. Gens …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Stirps — (lat.), der Stamm, das Geschlecht (s. d.) …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • stirps — [stʉrps] n. pl. stirpes [stʉr′pēz΄] [L, lit., a stalk, trunk, root < IE base * ster , rigid, stiff, STARE] 1. family or branch of a family 2. Law the person from whom a family or branch of a family is descended …   English World dictionary

  • Stirps, stirpes — Stirps, stirpes, lat., 1) die vom Stammvater in gerader Linie Abstammenden, z.B. Erbfolge in stirpem oder ex stirpibus. 2) Geschlechtsstamm, Familie (genus) …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • stirps — /sterrps/, n., pl. stirpes /sterr peez/. 1. a stock; family or branch of a family; line of descent. 2. Law. a person from whom a family is descended. 3. Biol. Now Rare. a family, superfamily, or permanent variety. [1675 85; < L: rootstock, trunk] …   Universalium

  • stirps — noun a) A branch of a family. b) A progenitor of a branch of a family. See Also: stirp, stirpes …   Wiktionary

  • stirps — stÉœrps /stɜːps n. family, line of descent; ancestor of a family (Law) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • stirps — [[t]stɜrps[/t]] n. pl. stir•pes [[t]ˈstɜr piz[/t]] 1) a stock; family or branch of a family; line of descent 2) law Law. a person from whom a family is descended • Etymology: 1675–85; < L: rootstock, trunk …   From formal English to slang

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