Definitions for matrilineal

matrilineal mat·ri·lin·e·al

Spelling: [ma-truh-lin-ee-uh l, mey-]
IPA: /ˌmæ trəˈlɪn i əl, ˌmeɪ-/

Matrilineal is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 792 anagrams from letters in matrilineal (aaeiillmnrt).

Definitions for matrilineal

adjective

  1. inheriting or determining descent through the female line.

Origin of matrilineal

First recorded in 1900-05; matri- + lineal

Examples for matrilineal

We also know approximately the limits of the matrilineal and patrilineal systems.

They were organised in many exogamous clans; descent was patrilineal although it was matrilineal in most Algonquian tribes.

It would make no difference whether descent were patrilineal or matrilineal.

The former are patrilineal and the latter are grouped into matrilineal exogamic totemic clans.

Still the old awe of the Word of the matriarchal, matrilineal church.

Succession to the chieftainship was matrilineal, and installation in the office was attended by much ceremony.

The arrangement suggests that matrilineal descent prevails, but there is probably some error.

By strict Jewish law, which follows a matrilineal line, Giffords is not a Jew.

At the present day the kinship may be matrilineal or patrilineal without affecting their right.

The Seri are loosely organised in a number of exogamic, matrilineal, totemic clans.

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