Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Relating to, based on, or tracing ancestral descent through the paternal line.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Relating to descent on the paternal side.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective tracing descent through the male line.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Pertaining to
descent through male lines.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective based on or tracing descent through the male line
Etymologies
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Examples
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His body symbolizes the future good morality, honor, and reputation of his patrilineage and the performance of certain patrilineal rituals.
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Greene's important critique of the literature on African ethnicities singles out the dominant work on ethnicity in patrilineal southern Africa, and suggests a corrective approach that is much needed in this highly politicized subfield.
Where Women Make History: Gendered Tellings of Community and Change in Magude, Mozambique
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Most tribes are patrilineal, meaning that children are considered the father's descendants and men are viewed as the owners of all of the property.
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Most tribes are patrilineal, meaning that children are considered the father's descendants and men are viewed as the owners of all of the property.
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"patrilineal" kids may face less questioning anyway.
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Our kids are "one quarter patrilineal" Jews, and logically, maybe we should have just chosen Christianity.
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Our kids are "one quarter patrilineal" Jews, and logically, maybe we should have just chosen Christianity.
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It can test for shared strands of autosomal DNA – meaning any line of ancestry, not just pure matrilineal or patrilineal lines.
Lecture in Dublin on Tracing Your Irish Ancestors via DNA « Cork Genealogist
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Certainly, we cannot continue to make an exception for athletes, celebrities, and politicians of Jewish patrilineal descent.
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Certainly, we cannot continue to make an exception for athletes, celebrities, and politicians of Jewish patrilineal descent.
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