Bible Dictionaries
Cognation

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) Participation of the same nature.

(2):

(n.) That tie of consanguinity which exists between persons descended from the same mother; - used in distinction from agnation.

(3):

(n.) Relationship by blood; descent from the same original; kindred.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Cognation'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/cognation.html. 1828.