Meaning of PATRILINEAGE
| Pronunciation: | | `patru'lineeij
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| | Definition: | | [n] line of descent traced through the paternal side of the family |
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| | Synonyms: | | agnation |
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| | See Also: | | unilateral descent | |
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| | Definition: | | a lineage whose members brace their genealogies through specified male links to a common male 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, matrilineage, matriliny, matrisib, matrocliny, motherhood, paternity, patriliny, patrisib, patrocliny, propinquity, relation, relationship, sibship, sisterhood, sistership, ties of blood |
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