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ramage

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ram⋅age

  [ram-ij]
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–noun Anthropology.
a descent group composed of individuals descended from one ancestor through any combination of male and female links.
Origin:
1610–20, in sense “the branches of a tree” (1936 in this sense); < F, equiv. to ram- (OF ram, raim) branch (< L rāmus) + -age -age
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