Matrilineage

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  matrilineage \matrilineage\ n.
     The line of descent traced through the maternal side of the
     family; the mother's line of descent.
  
     Syn: enation, cognation.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  matrilineage
       n : line of descent traced through the maternal side of the
           family [syn: {enation}, {cognation}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  38 Moby Thesaurus words for "matrilineage":
     affiliation, agnation, alliance, ancestry, blood,
     blood relationship, brotherhood, brothership, cognation,
     common ancestry, common descent, connection, consanguinity,
     cousinhood, cousinship, enation, fatherhood, filiation, fraternity,
     kindred, kinship, maternity, matriliny, matrisib, matrocliny,
     motherhood, paternity, patrilineage, patriliny, patrisib,
     patrocliny, propinquity, relation, relationship, sibship,
     sisterhood, sistership, ties of blood