patrilineal – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
patrilineal
adj.
from the father's side of the family, descending through the father
Patrilineality
Patrilineality, also known as
the male line or
agnatic kinship, is a common
kinship system in which an individual's family membership derives from and is traced through his or her father's lineage. It generally involves the inheritance of property, rights, names, or titles by persons related through male kin.
patrilineal
Adjective
1. based on or tracing descent through the male line; "a patrilineal society"
(synonym) patrilinear
(similar) lineal, direct
patrilineal
Synonyms and related words:
affiliated, agnate, akin, allied, avuncular, closely related, cognate, collateral, congeneric, consanguine, consanguinean, consanguineous, distantly related, enate, foster, german, germane, kindred, matrilateral, matrilineal, matroclinous, novercal, of the blood, patrilateral, patroclinous, related, sib, sibling, uterine
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
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