| MATRILINY | • matriliny n. Matrilineal society. • MATRILINY n. descent reckoned through the mother. |
| PATRILINY | • patriliny n. Patrilineal society. • PATRILINY n. descent reckoned through the father. |
| MATRILOCAL | • matrilocal adj. (Of a married couple) Living with the family of the wife; uxorilocal. • matrilocal adj. (Anthropology, of a people or culture) In which newly married couples live with the wife’s family. • MATRILOCAL adj. of a form of marriage, in which the husband goes to live with the wife's group. |
| PATRILOCAL | • patrilocal adj. (Of a married couple) living with the family of the husband. • patrilocal adj. (Anthropology, of a people or culture) In which newly married couples live with the husband’s family. • PATRILOCAL adj. designating a form of marriage in which the wife goes to live with the husband's group. |
| MATRILINEAL | • matrilineal adj. (Anthropology) Tracing descent only through female ancestors. • MATRILINEAL adj. of descent or kinship, reckoned through the mother or through females alone, also MATRILINEAR. |
| MATRILINEAR | • matrilinear adj. Alternative form of matrilineal. • MATRILINEAR adj. of descent or kinship, reckoned through the mother or through females alone, also MATRILINEAL. |
| MATRILINIES | • matrilinies n. Plural of matriliny. • MATRILINY n. descent reckoned through the mother. |
| PATRILINEAL | • patrilineal adj. (Anthropology) Pertaining to descent through male lines. • PATRILINEAL adj. traced through the father or through males alone, also PATRILINEAR. |
| PATRILINEAR | • patrilinear adj. Alternative form of patrilineal. • PATRILINEAR adj. traced through the father or through males alone, also PATRILINEAL. |
| PATRILINIES | • patrilinies n. Plural of patriliny. • PATRILINY n. descent reckoned through the father. |
| MATRILOCALLY | • matrilocally adv. In a matrilocal fashion. • MATRILOCAL adv. of a form of marriage, in which the husband goes to live with the wife's group. |
| PATRILINEAGE | • patrilineage n. Lineage based upon the paternal line; a group of descendants related through a common male lineage. • PATRILINEAGE n. descent through the male line. |
| PATRILOCALLY | • patrilocally adv. In a patrilocal fashion. • PATRILOCAL adv. designating a form of marriage in which the wife goes to live with the husband's group. |
| MATRILINEALLY | • matrilineally adv. In matrilineal fashion. • MATRILINEAL adv. of descent or kinship, reckoned through the mother or through females alone, also MATRILINEAR. |
| MATRILOCALITY | • matrilocality n. (Family) The state of being matrilocal, for a married couple to be living with the family of the wife. • MATRILOCALITY n. the state of being matrilocal, living in or near the wife's home or community after marriage. |
| PATRILINEAGES | • patrilineages n. Plural of patrilineage. • PATRILINEAGE n. descent through the male line. |
| PATRILINEALLY | • patrilineally adv. In patrilineal fashion. • PATRILINEAL adv. traced through the father or through males alone, also PATRILINEAR. |
| PATRILINEARLY | • patrilinearly adv. In a patrilinear manner; tracing descent through the male line. • PATRILINEAR adv. traced through the father or through males alone, also PATRILINEAL. |
| MATRILOCALITIES | • MATRILOCALITY n. the state of being matrilocal, living in or near the wife's home or community after marriage. |