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• Matrilineage

  [ma-truh-lin-ee-ij, mey-] /ˌmæ trəˈlɪn i ɪdʒ, ˌmeɪ-/ noun 1. lineal descent traced through the female line.

• Matrilinear

  [ma-truh-lin-ee-uh l, mey-] /ˌmæ trəˈlɪn i əl, ˌmeɪ-/ adjective 1. inheriting or determining descent through the female line. /ˌmætrɪˈlɪnɪəl; ˌmeɪ-/ adjective 1. relating to descent or kinship through the female line adj. “pertaining to or descended from the mother’s side,” 1897, from matri- + lineal. Related: Matrilineage; matrilineally. matrilineal mat·ri·lin·e·al (māt’rə-lĭn’ē-əl) adj. Relating to, based […]

• Matriliny

  [ma-truh-lin-ee, -lahy-nee, mey-] /ˈmæ trəˌlɪn i, -ˌlaɪ ni, ˈmeɪ-/ noun, plural matrilinies. 1. the tracing of descent through the mother’s line of a family.

• Matrilocal

  [ma-truh-loh-kuh l, mey-] /ˌmæ trəˈloʊ kəl, ˌmeɪ-/ adjective, Anthropology. 1. of or relating to residence with the wife’s family or tribe; uxorilocal: matrilocal customs. /ˈmætrɪˌləʊkəl; ˈmeɪ-/ adjective 1. denoting, having, or relating to a marriage pattern in which the couple live with the wife’s family adj. 1897, from matri- + local.

• Matrimonial

  [ma-truh-moh-nee-uh l] /ˌmæ trəˈmoʊ ni əl/ adjective 1. of or relating to ; marital; nuptial; connubial; conjugal. /ˌmætrɪˈməʊnɪəl/ adjective 1. relating to marriage: matrimonial troubles adj. mid-15c., from Middle French matrimonial (14c.) and directly from Late Latin matrimonialis, from Latin matrimonium (see matrimony). Earlier as a noun meaning “a marriage” (late 15c.). Related: Matrimonially.

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