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Patrifocal

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• Patrilateral

  [pa-truh-lat-er-uh l, pey-] /ˌpæ trəˈlæt ər əl, ˌpeɪ-/ adjective 1. related through the father.

• Patrilineage

  [pa-truh-lin-ee-ij, pey-] /ˌpæ trəˈlɪn i ɪdʒ, ˌpeɪ-/ noun 1. lineal descent traced through the male line.

• Patrilineal

  [pa-truh-lin-ee-uh l, pey-] /ˌpæ trəˈlɪn i əl, ˌpeɪ-/ adjective 1. inheriting or determining descent through the male line. /ˌpætrɪˈlɪnɪəl/ adjective 1. tracing descent, kinship, or title through the male line adj. 1904, from patri- + lineal. patrilineal pat·ri·lin·e·al (pāt’rə-lĭn’ē-əl) adj. Relating to, based on, or tracing ancestral descent through the paternal line. patrilineal [(pat-ruh-lin-ee-uhl)] Tracing […]

• Patrilinear

  [pa-truh-lin-ee-er, pey-] /ˌpæ trəˈlɪn i ər, ˌpeɪ-/ adjective 1. .

• Patriliny

  [pa-truh-lahy-nee, pey-] /ˈpæ trəˌlaɪ ni, ˈpeɪ-/ noun, plural patrilinies. 1. the tracing of descent exclusively through the male members of a family.

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