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patrilineal

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
patrilineal/patrɪˈlɪniəl/

▶adjective relating to or based on relationship to the father or descent through the male line.

– origin early 20th cent.: from L. pater, patr- ‘father’ + lineal.

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