patrilineal
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World English Dictionary
patrilineal or patrilinear (ˌpætrɪˈlɪnɪəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| tracing descent, kinship, or title through the male line | |
| patrilinear or patrilinear | |
| —adj | |
| patri'lineally or patrilinear | |
| —adv | |
| patri'linearly or patrilinear | |
| —adv | |
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
patrilineal pat·ri·lin·e·al (pāt'rə-lĭn'ē-əl)
adj.
Relating to, based on, or tracing ancestral descent through the paternal line.
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American Heritage
Cultural Dictionary
patrilineal [(pat-ruh-lin-ee-uhl)]Tracing kinship and descent through the male line. (Compare matrilineal.)
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Example sentences
Zimbabweans practice patrilineal inheritance patterns and patrilocal residence after marriage.
Both weaverbirds and humans live in extended, patrilineal, patrilocal family groupings.
Sometime before the development of writing, the shift took place from matrilineal to patrilineal societies, then to patriarchy.
Conservatism thus rejects patrilineal descent, which is accepted by the reform movement.
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