Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A line of descent traced through the maternal side of a family.
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- noun a line of descent from an ancestress to a descendant (of either sex) in which the individuals in all intervening generations are mothers.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The matrilines have a dominance hierarchy which overrides individual dominance -- the matriline rises or falls *together*.
Archive 2007-12-01 Doctor Science 2007
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That is, a relative from the other matriline makes reconciling gestures e.g. grooming, they calm down, and that acts to reconcile the fighters -- even if they haven't made reconciling gestures to each other.
Book report: Baboon Metaphysics, by Cheney & Seyfarth Doctor Science 2007
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That is, a relative from the other matriline makes reconciling gestures e.g. grooming, they calm down, and that acts to reconcile the fighters -- even if they haven't made reconciling gestures to each other.
Archive 2007-12-01 Doctor Science 2007
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The matrilines have a dominance hierarchy which overrides individual dominance -- the matriline rises or falls *together*.
Book report: Baboon Metaphysics, by Cheney & Seyfarth Doctor Science 2007
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Men would not be required to either stay or support these though men welcomed by members of the matriline would be allowed to stay and offer support.
Incest, child abuse and a need for heroes Elizabeth McClung 2006
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Even today, the Jewish people determine who is and is not a Jew through the matriline.
The Book Of THoTH, Popular Articles from The Archive Category - UFO Section 3 2008
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Ancestor worship appears to have been the basis of sacred rituals and ancestry is believed to have been reckoned through the matriline.
The Book Of THoTH, Popular Articles from The Archive Category - UFO Section 3 2008
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This is supported by DNA analyses performed on the bees as they spread northwards; those that were at the "vanguard" were over 90\% African mitochondrial DNA, indicating an unbroken matriline (Smith et al., 1989), but after several years in residence in an area interbreeding with the local European strains, as in Brazil, the overall representation of African mitochondrial DNA drops considerably.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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Even today, the Jewish people determine who is and is not a Jew through the matriline.
The Book Of THoTH, Popular Articles from The Archive Category - Conspiracy Area 1 2008
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4. When a female fights with a female from another matriline, they more often make up by proxy than directly.
Archive 2007-12-01 Doctor Science 2007
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