matrilineage
- noun
- /ˌmætrɪˈlɪniɪdʒ/
- Specialized
:
matrilineal
- The children born of them are members of Nne Uko's matrilineage and therefore will inherit the right to farm the land that she has secured.
- members of the matrilineage
- matrilineage segments
Examples
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The basis of the Chewa social system is the matrilineage.
Academic text (1993) -
Traditional Tlingit society was divided into matrilineal moieties and clans, the latter being further subdivided into matrilineages.
Academic text (1990) -
By the members of the matrilineage to which the first father belonged.
Academic text (1992) -
The land will pass from the immigrant to his children and thus return to the matrilineage.
Academic text (1998) -
Adehyee tend to recall members of their matrilineage who face problems of land access in other villages.
Academic text (1998) -
The young man, or his female relatives, presented a marriage proposal to the elder women of his intended bride's matrilineage.
Academic text (1990) -
The distribution of land to members of the adehyee's matrilineage and to other residents in the village rests upon the consent of the chief.
Academic text (1998) -
The powerful force of matriliny also enabled matriarchs to mobilize resources within the matrilineage, including labor and human capital.
Academic text (2004) -
Clans were comprised of matrilineages that had a common, though distant and usually mythical, ancestor.
Academic text (1990) -
In many cultures, a person's matrilineage determines their inheritance and social standing.
Synonyms
A family line that follows the mother's side
A family line traced through the mother's side
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Matrilineage comes from matri- (from Latin 'mater', 'mother') and -lineage (from Latin 'linea', 'line', like the English word line). So a matrilineage is a family 'line' followed through the mother.
