Usually means: Inheritance traced through male lineage.
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▸ adjective:  Alternative form of patrilineal [(anthropology) Pertaining to descent through male lines.]

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patrilineal, lineal, direct, matrilinear, matrilinial, patriclinous, patriarchical, rectilineal, consanguinal, consanguinous, more...

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agnatic, cognatic, ambilineal, bilineal, patrilineal, matrilineal, more...

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patrilineal, lineal, direct, matrilinear, matrilinial, patriclinous, patriarchical, rectilineal, consanguinal, consanguinous, more...

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agnatic, cognatic, ambilineal, bilineal, patrilineal, matrilineal, more...



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