patrilineal









patrilineal


adjective

  1. inheriting or determining descent through the male line.

adjective

  1. tracing descent, kinship, or title through the male line

adj.1904, from patri- + lineal. adj.

  1. Relating to, based on, or tracing ancestral descent through the paternal line.

Tracing kinship and descent through the male line. (Compare matrilineal.)

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