Patrilineal

3 definitions found

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

  patrilineal \patrilineal\ adj.
     tracing descent through the male line; as, a patrilineal
     society.
     [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  patrilineal
       adj : based on or tracing descent through the male line; "a
             patrilineal society" [syn: {patrilinear}]

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

  29 Moby Thesaurus words for "patrilineal":
     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