patrilineage
(pætrɪˈlɪnɪɪdʒ)
[f. patri- + lineage 2 c.]
Patrilineal lineage.
| 1949 J. F. Holleman Pattern of Hera Kinship i. 1 The relationships and their respective terminology have to be seen in the framework of patrilineages. 1955 [see linearity]. 1957 V. W. Turner Schism & Continuity in Afr. Society vii. 222 A system of patrilineages..requires virilocal marriage. 1969 Tanzania Notes & Rec. July 10 All minor local government posts, with the exception of the necessarily localised village headmen, had been consistently awarded not only to men resident in the chief's settlement, but also only to men from his own immediate patrilineage. |