MATRILINEAGE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family

Synonyms:

cognation; enation; matrilineage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("matrilineage" is a kind of...):

unilateral descent (line of descent traced through one side of the family)

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