单词 | mother-descent |
释义 | > as lemmasmother-descent mother-descent n. rare descent on or through the mother's side. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > lineage or descent > [noun] > a line of descent > side > female line or side mother-descent1642 distaff1644 spindle-side1851 spindle1877 distaff side1890 matrilineage1949 matriline1957 1642 T. Fuller Holy State iv. xv. 313 Her royall birth by her Fathers side doth comparatively make her Mother-descent seem low. 1915 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 131 He believed there was no division into exogamous clans with mother-descent. < as lemmas |
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