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Matrilineal   /mˌætrɪlˈɪniəl/   Listen
Matrilineal

adjective
1.
Based on or tracing descent through the female line.  Synonym: matrilinear.



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"Matrilineal" Quotes from Famous Books



... of reckoning descent along one or other of two lines—namely, the mother's line or the father's. The former method is termed matrilineal, the latter patrilineal. It sometimes, but by no means invariably, happens, when descent is counted matrilineally, that the wife stays with her people, and the husband has the status of a mere visitor and alien. In such a case the marriage is called ...
— Anthropology • Robert Marett


Words linked to "Matrilineal" :   lineal, matrilinear, direct, matrilineal sib


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