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  • adjective Obsolete form of patronymic.
  • noun Obsolete form of patronymic.

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Examples

  • But where there are clans or tribes of men, distinguished by patronymick surnames, the individuals of each are considered as if they were of different species, at least as much as nations are distinguished; so that a

    Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides 2006

  • But where there are clans or tribes of men, distinguished by patronymick surnames, the individuals of each are considered as if they were of different species, at least as much as nations are distinguished; so that a

    Life of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887

  • But where there are clans or tribes of men, distinguished by patronymick surnames, the individuals of each are considered as if they were of different species, at least as much as nations are distinguished; so that a

    The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. James Boswell 1767

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