| MATRILINY | • matriliny n. Matrilineal society. • MATRILINY n. descent reckoned through the mother. |
| PATRILINY | • patriliny n. Patrilineal society. • PATRILINY n. descent reckoned through the father. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| MATRILINEALLY | • matrilineally adv. In matrilineal fashion. • MATRILINEAL adv. of descent or kinship, reckoned through the mother or through females alone, also MATRILINEAR. |
| 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. |