matrilineal
adjective
inheriting or determining descent through the female line.
matrilineally
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a word derived from
matrilineal.
Example Sentences
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An exhibition, “Like a Memory of Night,” showed work by Sika Amakye, a young Ghanaian artist who employs traditional beading traditions passed down matrilineally.
From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2024
It sometimes, but by no means invariably, happens, when descent is counted matrilineally, that the wife stays with her people, and the husband has the status of a mere visitor and alien.
From Anthropology by R. R. (Robert Ranulph) Marett
