Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

adrogation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: adro-ga-tion
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of adoption in Ancient Rome.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"There were certain sacred rites (sacra gentilitia) which belonged to a gens, to the observance of which all the members of a gens, as such, were bound, whether they were members by birth, adoption, or adrogation. A person was freed from the observance of such sacra, and lost the privileges connected with his gentile rites, when he lost his gens, that is, when he was adrogated, adopted, or even emancipated; for adrogation, adoption, and emancipation were accompanied by a diminutio capitis."

Etymology

From Latin adrogatio, arrogatio, from adrogare. See arrogate.

Usage

Inflected Forms

adrogations (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

adrogate adrogator

Questions

What does adrogation mean?: A kind of adoption in Ancient Rome.
Where does adrogation come from?: From Latin adrogatio, arrogatio, from adrogare. See arrogate.

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