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[syn: patrilineal, patrilinear]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
patrilineal \patrilineal\ adj.
tracing descent through the male line; as, a patrilineal
society.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
patrilineal
adj 1: based on or tracing descent through the male line; "a
patrilineal society" [syn: patrilineal, patrilinear]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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