patrilateraladj.
/ˌpatrᵻˈlat(ə)rəl/, U.S. /ˌpætrəˈlædər(ə)l/, /ˌpætrəˈlætr(ə)l/ Cultural Anthropology and Sociology.
Of, relating to, or designating a relationship (esp. a marriage between cousins) in which a father and one of his siblings or other relatives are both involved as parents. Also (occasionally): = patrilineal adj.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > [adjective] > on father's side
agnate1604
paternal1610
agnatical1660
agnatic1715
patrilateral1943
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > lineage or descent > [adjective] > male line or side
patrilineal1904
patrilinear1911
patrilateral1943
1943 Amer. Anthropologist 45 403 In a simple system of cross cousin marriage, such as that of the Nambikuara, the brother-in-law may be either the matrilateral or the patrilateral cross cousin.
1949 M. Fortes Social Struct. 70 Ashanti say..that a person can claim house-room in the house of a patrilateral kinsman.
1969 M. Fortes Kinship & Social Order (1970) ii. xi. 201 Patrilateral connections are, as a rule, recognized among the offspring of men whose own fathers were the sons of one man, that is, among the children of parallel cousins, but rarely beyond that stage.
1973 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 July 787/2 That ideal marriage partner, the father's brother's daughter... It looks well, in Kabyl society, for a man to marry his patrilateral parallel cousin.
1997 Lang. in Society 26 360 Friends and patrilateral cousins call each other by sibling terms, e.g. mèimei ‘Younger sister’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1943