patrilinear

[ pa-truh-lin-ee-er, pey- ]

adjective

patrilineal.

Origin of patrilinear

¹

First recorded in 1910–15; patri- + linear

Other words from patrilinear

pat·ri·lin·e·ar·ly, adverb

Words Nearby patrilinear

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How to use patrilinear in a sentence

Thus, the Shang patrilinear system was much less extreme than the later system.
A history of China., [3d ed. rev. and enl.] | Wolfram Eberhard
Although we do not know much about the general population, we know that the rulers had a patrilinear system of inheritance.
A history of China., [3d ed. rev. and enl.] | Wolfram Eberhard

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