Patrilineal

What do we mean by patrilineal?

Relating to, based on, or tracing ancestral descent through the paternal line. adjective

Relating to descent on the paternal side.

Tracing descent through the male line. adjective

Pertaining to descent through male lines. adjective

Based on or tracing descent through the male line adjective

Pertaining to descent through male lines.

Words that are spelled similarly to patrilineal:
patrilineal, matrilineal, patrilinear, patrilineage, matrilinear.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word patrilineal:
matrilineal, primogeniture, exogamous, exogamy, agnatic, endogamous, kinship, descent, ancestor, inheritance, descendant, lineage, surnames, patriarchal, austronesian, boleyn, inherit, descendants, polygamy, ancestry, kin, prevailed, paternal, seniority, clan, kingship, brahmin, ancestors, hmong, genealogy, traced, taft, highness, succession, mitochondrial, ancestral, hereditary, descended, chromosome, surname, dukes, judaism, caste, wives, malay, eldest, sexes, cultures, han, predominant, relatives, inherited, torah, omaha, customary, grandson, transmit, peoples, heirs, illegitimate, offspring, generations, immigrant, trace, customs, tribal, traditionally, nobility, cousins, norm, male, maternal, prevalent, belong, sons, tribe, dynasty, aaron, suffrage, practiced, marriage, yang, principle, viii, daughters, elder, biblical, custom, jewish, noble, relationships, employ, marry, ties, likewise, passed, tang, cousin, heir, ritual.

Words that rhyme with patrilineal:
lineal, matrilineal, spinney hill.

Adjectives that are often used to describe patrilineal:
traditional, strong, several, more, other, general, exogamous, same, chinese, most.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective patrilineal:
descent, groups, societies, system, group, clans, society, family, inheritance, systems, line, kin, clan, succession, kinship, relatives, principle, descendants, kinsmen, lineage, structure, organization, families, ancestors, lines, moieties, ideology, lineages, ties, bias, principles, bands, rule, band, peoples, emphasis, tribes, institutions, ones, pattern, units, ancestor, communities, sibs, sib, household, relations, structures, groupings, cousins, affiliation, unit, rules, relationships, households, transmission, culture, reckoning, cultures, patterns, links, continuity, genealogy, marriage, tradition, cousin, connections, moiety, descendant, identity, practices, ancestry, filiation, totemism, segments, relative, organisation, heirs, mode, tribe, genealogies, tendencies.

Words that sound like patrilineal:
patrilineal, matrilineal, patrimonial, patrilocal, patrilineal kin, paddling pool, battle royal, attritional, spirulina, central angle.