descent on or through the mother's side.
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| 释义 | society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > lineage or descent > [noun] > a line of descent > side > female line or side (8) mother-descent1642 descent on or through the mother's side. distaff1644 Hence, symbolically, for the female sex, female authority or dominion; also, the female branch of a family, the ‘spindle-side’ as opposed to the… spindle-side1851 The female line of descent. spindle1877 elliptical. = spindle-side, n. rare. distaff side1890 the female branch of a house or family. matrilineage1949 Matrilineal lineage or descent. matriline1957 A matrilineal line of descent. Subcategories:— custom of succession on (1) |
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