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Shemitish :: Shemitish (a.) Of or pertaining to Shem, the son of Noah, or his descendants. See Semitic..

Copts :: Copts (n. pl.) An Egyptian race thought to be descendants of the ancient Egyptians.

Nephew :: Nephew (n.) A grandson or grandchild, or remoter lineal descendant..

Daughter :: Daughter (n.) A female descendant; a woman.

Semitic :: Semitic (a.) Of or pertaining to Shem or his descendants; belonging to that division of the Caucasian race which includes the Arabs, Jews, and related races..

Conch :: Conch (n.) One of the white natives of the Bahama Islands or one of their descendants in the Florida Keys; -- so called from the commonness of the conch there, or because they use it for food..

Patriarch :: Patriarch (n.) The father and ruler of a family; one who governs his family or descendants by paternal right; -- usually applied to heads of families in ancient history, especially in Biblical and Jewish history to those who lived before the time of Moses..

Direct :: Direct (a.) In the line of descent; not collateral; as, a descendant in the direct line..

Tradition :: Tradition (n.) The unwritten or oral delivery of information, opinions, doctrines, practices, rites, and customs, from father to son, or from ancestors to posterity; the transmission of any knowledge, opinions, or practice, from forefathers to descendants by oral communication, without written memorials..

Descent :: Descent (n.) That which is descended; descendants; issue.

Benjamite :: Benjamite (n.) A descendant of Benjamin; one of the tribe of Benjamin.

Distance :: Distance (n.) Remoteness in succession or relation; as, the distance between a descendant and his ancestor..

Purana :: Purana (n.) One of a class of sacred Hindoo poetical works in the Sanskrit language which treat of the creation, destruction, and renovation of worlds, the genealogy and achievements of gods and heroes, the reigns of the Manus, and the transactions of their descendants. The principal Puranas are eighteen in number, and there are the same number of supplementary books called Upa Puranas..

Jesse :: "Jesse (n.) A candlestick with many branches, each of which bears the name of some one of the descendants of Jesse; -- called also tree of Jesse..

Traduce :: Traduce (v. t.) To transfer; to transmit; to hand down; as, to traduce mental qualities to one's descendants..

Scion :: Scion (n.) Hence, a descendant; an heir; as, a scion of a royal stock..

Milesian :: Milesian (a.) Descended from King Milesius of Spain, whose two sons are said to have conquered Ireland about 1300 b. c.; or pertaining to the descendants of King Milesius; hence, Irish..

Ascendant :: Ascendant (n.) An ancestor, or one who precedes in genealogy or degrees of kindred; a relative in the ascending line; a progenitor; -- opposed to descendant..

Race :: Race (n.) The descendants of a common ancestor; a family, tribe, people, or nation, believed or presumed to belong to the same stock; a lineage; a breed..

Fatimide :: Fatimide (n.) A descendant of Fatima.

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