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Definitions of matrilineal in various dictionaries:

adj - based on or tracing descent through the female line

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

MATRILINEAL - Matrilineality is the tracing of descent through the female line. It may also correlate with a societal system in which each person is identified wit...

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Inherited via the mother's side
The sort of house where a woman succeeds holds me in Tara: I'll have it restored

Last Seen in these Crosswords & Puzzles
Dec 2 2012 Premier Sunday - King Feature Syndicate
Nov 29 2012 The Telegraph - Toughie

Possible Dictionary Clues
Relating to, based on, or tracing ancestral descent through the maternal line.
of or based on kinship with the mother or the female line.
based on or tracing descent through the female line

Matrilineal description
Matrilineality is the tracing of descent through the female line. It may also correlate with a societal system in which each person is identified with their matriline their mother's lineage and which can involve the inheritance of property and/or titles. A matriline is a line of descent from a female ancestor to a descendant (of either sex) in which the individuals in all intervening generations are mothers in other words, a "mother line". In a matrilineal descent system, an individual is considered to belong to the same descent group as their mother. This matrilineal descent pattern is in contrast to the more common pattern of patrilineal descent from which a family name is usually derived. The matriline of historical nobility was also called their enatic or uterine ancestry, corresponding to the patrilineal or "agnatic" ancestry. * In some traditional societies and cultures, membership in their groups was and, in the following list, still is if shown in italics inherited matriline

Matrilineal description

Matrilineality is the tracing of descent through the female line. It may also correlate with a societal system in which each person is identified with their matriline their mother's lineage and which can involve the inheritance of property and/or titles. A matriline is a line of descent from a female ancestor to a descendant (of either sex) in which the individuals in all intervening generations are mothers in other words, a "mother line". In a matrilineal descent system, an individual is considered to belong to the same descent group as their mother. This matrilineal descent pattern is in contrast to the more common pattern of patrilineal descent from which a family name is usually derived. The matriline of historical nobility was also called their enatic or uterine ancestry, corresponding to the patrilineal or "agnatic" ancestry.
* In some traditional societies and cultures, membership in their groups was and, in the following list, still is if shown in italics inherited matriline

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