patrilineal kin

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Noun1.patrilineal kin - one related on the father's sidepatrilineal kin - one related on the father's side  
agnate, patrikin, patrilineal sib, patrisib
relative, relation - a person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey"
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Descriptions of alliance relations in terms of matrilineal or patrilineal kin reflected differences in the basic social organization of Indian and European societies.
A Strange Likeness: Becoming Red and White in Eighteenth-Century North America
On the other hand, other modes of alliance also remained important, and relationships between patrilineal kin could be antagonistic as well as friendly.
Cadres and Kin: Making a Socialist Village in West China, 1921-1991
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