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patrilineal
CIDE DICTIONARY
patrilineal, adj.
tracing descent through the male line; as, a patrilineal society. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
patrilineal, adj. of or relating to, or based on kinship with, the father or descent through the male line.
Etymology
L pater patris father + LINEAL
THESAURUS
patrilineal
affiliated, agnate, akin, allied, avuncular, closely related, cognate, collateral, congeneric, consanguine, consanguinean, consanguineous, distantly related, enate, foster, german, germane, kindred, matrilateral, matrilineal, matroclinous, novercal, of the blood, patrilateral, patroclinous, related, sib, sibling, uterineFor further exploring for "patrilineal" in Webster Dictionary Online