1. patrilineal - Adjective
2. patrilineal - Adjective Satellite
based on or tracing descent through the male line
Source: WordNeta patrilineal society Source: Internet
Any child which may result is the husband's child and his descendant in the patrilineal order of Maasai society. Source: Internet
A sizeable component of Scandinavian patrilineal ancestry has been reported in Orkney (55%) and Shetland (68%). Source: Internet
Father descendant names can be chained, meaning that an individual can have the name of their father, followed by their paternal grandfather, followed by the father of that grandfather, to indicate a patrilineal lineage. Source: Internet
At first, Boas—like Morgan before him—suggested that the Kwakiutl had been matrilineal like their neighbors to the north, but that they were beginning to evolve patrilineal groups. Source: Internet
He consequently would have been considered Oromo in a patrilineal society, and would have been viewed as Gurage in a matrilineal one. Source: Internet