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Antonyms for patrilineal

Grammar : Adj
Spell : pa-truh-lin-ee-uh l, pey-
Phonetic Transcription : ˌpæ trəˈlɪn i əl, ˌpeɪ-

Definition of patrilineal

Origin :
  • 1904, from patri- + lineal.
  • As in paternal : adj fatherly
Example sentences :
  • It would make no difference whether descent were patrilineal or matrilineal.
  • Extract from : « Kinship and Social Organisation » by W. H. R. Rivers
  • The former are patrilineal and the latter are grouped into matrilineal exogamic totemic clans.
  • Extract from : « Man, Past and Present » by Agustus Henry Keane
  • They were organised in many exogamous clans; descent was patrilineal although it was matrilineal in most Algonquian tribes.
  • Extract from : « Man, Past and Present » by Agustus Henry Keane
  • With patrilineal descent they tend to occupy the tribal territory in such a way that each phratry becomes a local group.
  • Extract from : « Kinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australia » by Northcote W. Thomas
  • At the present day the kinship may be matrilineal or patrilineal without affecting their right.
  • Extract from : « Kinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australia » by Northcote W. Thomas
  • Patrilineal descent may have been directly evolved without the intermediate stage of reckoning through females.
  • Extract from : « Kinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australia » by Northcote W. Thomas
  • For the eight-class system see Table Ia; in which it is assumed that patrilineal descent prevails in all the tribes.
  • Extract from : « Kinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australia » by Northcote W. Thomas
  • The area covered by the dichotomous organisations is divided almost equally between matrilineal and patrilineal tribes.
  • Extract from : « Kinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australia » by Northcote W. Thomas
  • We also know approximately the limits of the matrilineal and patrilineal systems.
  • Extract from : « Kinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australia » by Northcote W. Thomas
  • The clan, it is true, whether matrilineal or patrilineal, tends at the totemic level of society to eclipse the family.
  • Extract from : « Anthropology » by Robert Marett

Synonyms for patrilineal

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