Meaning of MATRILINEAGE
| Pronunciation: | | `matru'lineeij
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| | Definition: | | [n] line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family |
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| | Synonyms: | | cognation, enation |
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| | See Also: | | unilateral descent | |
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| | Definition: | | a lineage whose members trace their genealogies through specified female links to a common female ancestor. |
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| | Related Terms: | | affiliation, agnation, alliance, ancestry, blood, blood relationship, brotherhood, brothership, cognation, common ancestry, common descent, connection, consanguinity, cousinhood, cousinship, enation, fatherhood, filiation, fraternity, kindred, kinship, maternity, matriliny, matrisib, matrocliny, motherhood, paternity, patrilineage, patriliny, patrisib, patrocliny, propinquity, relation, relationship, sibship, sisterhood, sistership, ties of blood |
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