patrilineal
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patrilineal (not comparable)
- (anthropology) Pertaining to descent through male lines.
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 4:
- The Xhosa are a proud and patrilineal people with an expressive and euphonious language and an abiding belief in the importance of laws, education and courtesy.
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patrilineal m or f (masculine and feminine plural patrilineales)
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- “patrilineal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014