Definitions

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  • adverb by descent through the male line

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Examples

  • As a Conservative rabbi and a member of the Rabbinical Assembly, I cannot officially consider Jewish descent to be determined patrilineally from the father.

    Rabbi Jason Miller: Is Gabby Giffords Jewish Enough? Rabbi Jason Miller 2011

  • As a Conservative rabbi and a member of the Rabbinical Assembly, I cannot officially consider Jewish descent to be determined patrilineally from the father.

    Rabbi Jason Miller: Is Gabby Giffords Jewish Enough? Rabbi Jason Miller 2011

  • "It was common cause in the court a quo that for five generations the chieftainship of the tribe descended patrilineally and according to the system of male primogeniture," commented the

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2007

  • Women were organized matrilineally and men patrilineally, with marriage being endogamous.

    G. The Americas, 1000-1525 2001

  • The Imperial crown did not pass down patrilineally.

    The Swordbearer Cook, Glen 1982

  • My mother's family comes from the areas now known as Colombia (patrilineally) and Guatemala

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  • My mother's family comes from the areas now known as Colombia (patrilineally) and Guatemala

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  • My mother's family comes from the areas now known as Colombia (patrilineally) and Guatemala

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  • My mother's family comes from the areas now known as Colombia (patrilineally) and Guatemala

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  • My mother's family comes from the areas now known as Colombia (patrilineally) and Guatemala

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