| 单词 | patrilineal |
| 释义 | patrilineal (once / 281413 pages) adj Something patrilineal is related to your relationship with your father, or to your family's line of male descendants — for example, your father, his father, his father's father, and so on. A genetic condition that spreads in a patrilineal way might be passed from your grandfather, through your dad, and finally to you. And through history, some monarchies have been patrilineal, meaning that when a king dies, only his son can succeed him (and not his daughter). Patrilineal adds the Latin prefix patri-, or "father," to lineal, from the Late Latin linealis, "relating to a line." WORD FAMILYpatrilineal: patrilineally USAGE EXAMPLESThe earl’s father died, and as inheritance of titles is patrilineal his son inherited the title. Wall Street Journal(Nov 23, 2016) At heart, “Last Days in the Desert” is a meditation on patrilineal authority, with two sets of fathers and sons. New York Times(May 12, 2016) And having just an American mother, as Cruz did, would clearly have been insufficient at a time that made patrilineal descent decisive. The Guardian(Jan 10, 2016) adj based on or tracing descent through the male line a patrilineal society Syn patrilinear direct, lineal in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child |
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