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[syn: patrilineage, agnation]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
patrilineage \patrilineage\ n.
The line of descent traced through the paternal side of the
family.
Syn: agnation.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
patrilineage
n 1: line of descent traced through the paternal side of the
family [syn: patrilineage, agnation]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
38 Moby Thesaurus words for "patrilineage":
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, matrilineage, matriliny, matrisib,
matrocliny, motherhood, paternity, patriliny, patrisib, patrocliny,
propinquity, relation, relationship, sibship, sisterhood,
sistership, ties of blood