patrilineal descent
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patrilineal
adjective
uk/ˌpæt.rɪˈlɪn.i.əl/us/ˌpæt.rə-/
In a patrilineal society or relationship, the fact of someone belonging to a particular family depends only on ...
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descent
noun
uk/dɪˈsent/us/dɪˈsent/
the state or fact of being related to a particular person or group of people who lived in ...
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(Definition ofpatrilinealanddescentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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These included belonging topatrilinealdescentgroups which under the monarchical order were classified and hierarchised according to an elaborate system.
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In any case,patrilinealdescentideology was underscored by norms of partible inheritance, where each brother was entitled to an equal share of the family's property.
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Land rights are thus allocated to the household throughpatrilinealdescent.
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This policy is commonly known aspatrilinealdescent, though bilineal would be more accurate.
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His other male contemporaries could also have descendants alive today, but not, by definition, solely throughpatrilinealdescent.
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The people practisedpatrilinealdescent, with men having the most say over ownership rights and recognised as head of families, clans and tribes.
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Yan-nhangu clan identities, estates, language and ritual resources are passed down throughpatrilinealdescent.
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It tends to co-occur withpatrilinealdescent, and it is often said to be common in complex and stratified cultures.
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These units were derived from groups claimingpatrilinealdescentfrom a common ancestor, ranked in order of seniority (the conical clan).
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One can become bimo bypatrilinealdescentafter a time of apprenticeship or formally acknowledging an old bimo as the teacher.
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This matrilineal descent pattern is in contrast to the more common pattern ofpatrilinealdescentfrom which a family name is usually derived.
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Whether matrilineal orpatrilinealdescentis considered most significant differs from culture to culture.
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The areas that have higher resource potential are those that are recognised as being owned and are inherited bypatrilinealdescentgroups.
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Languages, like tribal identity, are acquired throughpatrilinealdescentand as such are kept strictly separate from one another, with minimal lexical borrowing occurring among them.
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In the past, too, the ancestors had an important role to play, with the difference that, among the nobility, genealogical memory andpatrilinealdescentwere much more emphasized.
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