matrilinen.
/ˈmatrᵻlʌɪn/, U.S. /ˈmætrəˌlaɪn/ Cultural Anthropology and Sociology.
A matrilineal line of descent.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > lineage or descent > [noun] > a line of descent > side > female line or side
mother-descent1642
distaff1644
spindle-side1851
spindle1877
distaff side1890
matrilineage1949
matriline1957
1957 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 87 11 As Evans-Pritchard's analysis of the distribution of bride-wealth shows..there is explicit recognition of both the bride's patriline and matriline.
1963 W. J. Goode World Revol. & Family Patterns v. 221 The marriage of a mother's brother's daughter to a father's sister's son repeats the relationship of deference and respect which is due from the matriline.
1971 R. Needham Rethinking Kinship & Marriage i. 20 It is conceivable, and may in one alleged case be so in fact, that a terminology composed of matrilines should govern the affairs of a society that was preponderantly patrilineal.
1992 J. Silverberg & J. P. Gray Aggression & Peacefulness 119 Each matriline is dominant or subordinate with respect to each other matriline in a group.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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