Patrilineage

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  • noun. A descent group traced through men on the paternal side of a family.
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  • noun. The line of descent traced through the paternal side of the family.
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  • noun. A group of descendants related through a common male lineage.
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  • noun. line of descent traced through the paternal side of the family
    • Word Usage
    "Other food avoidance taboos notable among Kaguru speakers do exist, though they, unlike the Gogo, are not attached to the idea of a predominant patrilineage and are instead commonly connected to beliefs that can, for example, compromise pregnancy. 55"
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    unilateral descent  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    affiliation  agnation  agnation  alliance  ancestry  
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