patrilineage
- noun
- /ˌpætrɪˈlɪniɪdʒ/
- Specialized
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patrilineal
- In certain cultures, inheritance is always passed down through the patrilineage, ensuring that family wealth remains within the male line.
- husband's patrilineage
Examples
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Despite the strength of the family in local politics, it is not immune to challenge from outsiders who desire to break the hold of patrilineages over resource access, as the case of Asmine suggests.
Academic text (2002) -
The relationships between a child, a man, and his patrilineage were symbolically represented by shared "ties of blood."
Academic text (1992) -
The following week, this relative began building a new house on land that was owned by another patrilineage.
Academic text (1994) -
Each participating patrilineage buys one of the offices, which is transferred from one generation to the next.
Academic text (1998) -
Nevertheless, and perhaps because of, not despite, the history of immigration, the family relies on the value of patrilineage.
Academic text (2004) -
The child remained socially fatherless and would be incorporated into her mother's patrilineage.
Academic text (2002) -
Most concretely, advantage accrues to the oldest women in a patrilineage, in part because of the rules that allow women to inherit land.
Academic text (2002) -
The individuals who fill these leadership positions are selected from particular patrilineages recognized by each Yungur locality.
Academic text (1990) -
For Mr. Yu and his daughters, helping his nephew in North Korea is a moral obligation, a step removed from patrilineage or consanguinity.
Academic text (2004) -
The formulas for what he considered his most powerful medicines were inherited from ancestral hunters and warriors of his patrilineage and learned directly from his grandfather.
Academic text (2000)
Synonyms
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4.1
The family you come from over many generations
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4.8
A family line of people or animals related by birth
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4.6
The family a person comes from, for example parents or grandparents
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5.5
A list of family members who came before you
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3.2
A group of people who are related by birth over many generations
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3.8
The people in a family who are related by blood across generations
A family line traced only through the male side
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Patrilineage comes from the parts patri- meaning 'father' and lineage from line meaning 'family line'. So, patrilineage means the 'father-line' — the family line that is traced through the male side of a family.