- patrilineal as an adjective:
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patrilineal
adjective
1 patrilineal
Based on or tracing descent through the male line:
— A patrilineal society.
synonym: patrilinear.
Moby thesaurus: affiliated, agnate, akin, allied, avuncular, closely related, cognate, collateral, congeneric, consanguine, consanguinean, consanguineous, distantly related, enate, foster, german, germane, kindred, matrilateral, matrilineal ... show more.
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