patrilineal
Adjective Satellite
- based on or tracing descent through the male line
- "a patrilineal society"
Adj
- Pertaining to descent through male lines.
Origin / Etymology
From patri- + lineal. Coined by British government anthropologist Northcote Whitridge Thomas in 1904 along with matrilineal.
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Scrabble Score: 13
patrilineal: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordpatrilineal: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
patrilineal: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 17
patrilineal: valid Words With Friends Word