stirps

  • 1Stirps — 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

  • 2stirps — I index ancestry, family (common ancestry) II index issue (progeny), lineage …

    Law dictionary

  • 3Stirps — (röm. Ant.), Zweig, Unterabtheilung einer Familie, s.u. Gens …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 4Stirps — (lat.), der Stamm, das Geschlecht (s. d.) …

    Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • 5stirps — [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

  • 6Stirps, 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

  • 7stirps — /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

  • 8stirps — noun a) A branch of a family. b) A progenitor of a branch of a family. See Also: stirp, stirpes …

    Wiktionary

  • 9stirps — 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&#8230; …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 10stirps — stÉœrps /stɜːps n. family, line of descent; ancestor of a family (Law) …

    English contemporary dictionary

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