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matrilineage|mætrɪˈlɪnɪɪdʒ|
[f. matri- + lineage 2 c.]
Matrilineal lineage.
1949M. Fortes Social Struct. 60 Membership of the matrilineage is ipso facto membership of a widely dispersed exogamous clan. 1951B. Z. Seligman in N. & Q. Anthropol. (ed. 6) ii. ii. 89 A matrilineage consists of all the descendants through females of a single ancestress. 1957Jrnl. R. Anthrop. Inst. LXXXVII. 93 It is this group, a dispersed, basic matrilineage, which defines the extent of the lateral inheritance of wealth. 1957V. W. Turner Schism & Continuity in Afr. Society iii. 80, I regard a minimal matrilineage as a group consisting of the descendants through women of a common grandmother, a minor matrilineage as the matrilineal descendants of a common great-grandmother. 1963W. J. Goode World Revolution & Family Patterns iv. 194 The father is increasingly able to assert new rights against the traditional rights of the matrilineage. |