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patrilinear

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Adj.1.patrilinear - based on or tracing descent through the male line; "a patrilineal society"
patrilineal
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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