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patrilineal
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patrilineal /pa·tri·lin·e·al/ (pat″rĭ-lin´e-il) descended through the male line.
pat·ri·lin·e·al (ptr-ln-l)
adj.
Relating to, based on, or tracing ancestral descent through the paternal line.
patrilineal
[pat′rilin′ē·əl]
Etymology: L, pater, father, linea, line
pertaining to a line of descent through the male members of the family.
patrilineal [pah-trĭ-lin´e-al]
descended through the male line.
patrilineal
descended through the male line.
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Individuals are named patrilineally (in most cases) and located in family groupings by household (beit av, literally father's house); these are embedded in clans (mishpakha, usually translated "family"); and these in turn are located in tribes (mateh, literally "branch," a confederation of clans), named by and listed in the order of the sons of Jacob/Israel, whose names came to be treated as tribal names.
Public administration and the Jewish ethic by Yanow, Dvora / Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought
That resources are inherited as well as controlled patrilineally, in turn, is the defining characteristic of patriliny.
Trafficking of women in South Asia: a sketch by Mishra, Mira / Contributions to Nepalese Studies
Generally speaking, Dreamings inherited patrilineally are said to be "direct", and artists "own" these Dreamings and the designs connected to them, the equivalent of having a copyright.
Dreamings an art form from down under by Garcia, Maria / Wind Speaker
 
 
 
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