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say it: pa-tri-LIN-ee-uhl
patrilineal is an adjective meaning "based on or tracing descent through the male line". It carries one recorded sense.
based on or tracing descent through the male line
“a patrilineal society”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for patrilineal come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.