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patrilineages

patrilineages is the plural of patrilineage.

Meaning of patrilineage

Noun

patrilineage (countable and uncountable, plural patrilineages)

  1. Lineage based upon the paternal line; a group of descendants related through a common male lineage.
    • By 1770, the Xhosa branch of the Nguni-speakers were organised at three levels: patrilineages, consisting of the descendants of a known common ancestor; patriclans, composed of a number of lineages, all claiming descent from a putative common ancestor; and chiefdoms which were political units, each...1979, Richard Elphic, Hermann Giliommee, editors, The shaping of South African Society 1652-1820, Longman, page 294
    Antonyms:
    matrilineage

Questions about patrilineages

What is patrilineages the plural of?
Patrilineages is the plural of patrilineage.

Words near patrilineages in the dictionary

  1. patrilect
  2. patrilectal
  3. patrilects
  4. patriline
  5. patrilineage
  6. patrilineages
  7. patrilineal
  8. patrilineal descent
  9. patrilineal line
  10. patrilineal lineage
  11. patrilinealism

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