PATRILINEAL


Meaning of PATRILINEAL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌpa-trə-ˈli-nē-əl ]

adjective

Date: 1904

: relating to, based on, or tracing descent through the paternal line

a patrilineal society

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