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matriheritage rare.|meɪtrɪˈhɛrɪtɪdʒ|
[f. L. mātr(i)-, māter mother + heritage.]
A proposed name for the system, existing in certain communities, according to which relationship through the mother, and not through the father, constitutes the title to inheritance. So matriˈherital a., pertaining to ‘matriheritage’.
1886Sir G. Campbell in Nature 9 Sept. 455/2 The best specimen..of the matriarchal, or perhaps I should rather say matri-herital system. Ibid., The result of observation of the Khassyahs has been to separate in my mind the two ideas of matri-heritage and polyandry. |