patrilineal
adjective
inheriting or determining descent through the male line.
patrilineally
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a word derived from
patrilineal.
Example Sentences
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But some societies function patrilineally, so perhaps this difference, where it exists, is more cultural than biological.
From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2018
Yet it was Reform that in 1983 felt it necessary to assert that Jewish lineage, which traditionally passes through the mother, could be transmitted patrilineally as well--thereby admitting the children of Gentile mother-Jewish father intermarriages.
From Time Magazine Archive
