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patrilineage

pa·tri·lin·e·age [ pàttrə línnee ij ] (plural pa·tri·lin·e·ages)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. descent on father's side: descent traced through the male line

2. ancestral group on father's side: a group of people who are related to each other on the father's side of a family

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