patrilineal
/ˌpatrɪˈlɪnɪəl
/adjective
Relating to or based on relationship to the father or descent through the male line: in Polynesia inheritance of land was predominantly patrilineal...
- Polygyny is prevalent and even in groups without traditional patrilineal descent, Islam has strengthened male control of women.
- Because women marry into a patrilineal descent system, the children belong to the father.
- Why the change occurred is not 100% clear, but is likely a result of the traumas of exile, when many Jewish women were raped, and a patrilineal descent rule would have been a disaster.
Origin
Early 20th century: from Latin pater, patr- 'father' + lineal.
Rhymes
- unadulterated
- unadventurous
- unadventurously
- unadvertised
- unadvisable
- unadvisedly
- unaesthetic
- unaffected
- unaffectedly
- unaffectedness
- unaffectionate
- unaffiliated
- unaffordable
- unafraid
- unaggressive
- unaided
- unaired
- unalarmed
- Unalaska
- unalienable
- unaligned
- unalike
- family business
- family butcher
- family cap