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PATRILINEAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does patrilineal mean?
• PATRILINEAL (adjective)
The adjective PATRILINEAL has 1 sense:
1. based on or tracing descent through the male line
Familiarity information: PATRILINEAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Based on or tracing descent through the male line
Synonyms:
patrilineal; patrilinear
Context example:
a patrilineal society
Similar:
direct; lineal (in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child)
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