patrilinear
[ pa-truh-lin-ee-er, pey- ]
/ ˌpæ trəˈlɪn i ər, ˌpeɪ- /
adjective
OTHER WORDS FROM patrilinear
pat·ri·lin·e·ar·ly, adverbWords nearby patrilinear
patricliny,
patrifocal,
patrilateral,
patrilineage,
patrilineal,
patrilinear,
patriliny,
patrilocal,
patrimony,
patriot,
patriotic
Example sentences from the Web for patrilinear
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