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matrilinear

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Adj.1.matrilinear - based on or tracing descent through the female linematrilinear - based on or tracing descent through the female line; "matrilineal inheritance"
matrilineal
lineal, direct - in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child; "lineal ancestors"; "lineal heirs"; "a direct descendant of the king"; "direct heredity"
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The Hamitic people are depicted as matrilinear goddess-worshippers (81); therefore, the other two daughters think of themselves as the rightful rulers of their tribes, not Leir (40-42, 44, 67).
Pagan beliefs in The Serpent's Tooth by Christopher, Joe R. / Mythlore
5) Dawson maintains that the additional severity that patriarchy imposed upon the looser matrilinear family structures of prehistory bore fruit not only in greater human productivity and hence comfort, but also in the enhanced sense of human excellence: This religious exaltation of the family profoundly affects men's attitude to marriage and the sexual aspect of life in general.
A dawsonian view of patriarchy by Young, R.V. / Modern Age
But even though his matrilinear descent is now firmly established Ion still has doubts concerning the identity of his father.
Apollo's oracle in Euripides' Ion ambiguous identities in ... by Kindt, Julia / Ancient Narrative
 
 
 
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