matrilateral
- adjective
- /ˌmætrɪˈlætərəl/
- Specialized
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matrilateral
- Close matrilateral relatives became virtual strangers.
- matrilateral kin
- matrilateral marriage
- matrilateral lineages
Examples
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Until recently, the Urat claimed to have practiced sister exchange marriage, and they claimed that in the more distant past they preferred to marry matrilateral and patrilateral cross-cousins.
Academic text (1992) -
When ego is named by matrilateral kin, he acquires the right to live with his mother's brothers or his mother's father.
Academic text (1992) -
At variable intervals, one finds repetitions of the original marriage that established the relation between "father" and "son"; i.e., marriages of the "matrilateral" type in which a man of a dominant lineage marries a woman of a descent line that, in previous generations, had supplied one or more women to his own group.
Academic text (1992) -
Their kin group identity and access to land became dependent upon either the uncertain generosity of their matrilateral kin or the consent and assistance of their socially more distant patrilateral kin to re-establish their dwindling claims.
Academic text (1991) -
Her matrilateral relatives often gather for family reunions to celebrate their mother's heritage.
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He learned about his ancestry through his matrilateral family, who shared stories of their mothers and grandmothers.
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The community focused on matrilateral ties, emphasizing the importance of relationships built on the mother's side.
Synonyms
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3.7
From the mother's side of the family or inherited from the mother
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8.5
Family descent and inheritance follow the mother's line
Family descent and inheritance that follow the mother's line
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word matrilateral comes from the parts matri- meaning 'mother' and -lateral meaning 'side', so it describes people or ties 'on the mother's side' of a family.