patrilineal in a sentence
Examples
- The Tikar have elements of matrilineal and patrilineal descent.
- Mandi thus concludes that Thomas was a patrilineal first cousin of Tvrtko II.
- Common to the patrilineal approach is the idea of discovering the Armenian homeland.
- They were the last reigning family that claimed patrilineal descent from Harald Fairhair.
- Flanders was probably the first country where patrilineal primogeniture became predominant among aristocrats.
- In the South Cone, ranking by patrilineal primogeniture prevailed among the Mapuche.
- Unlike the society, the royal families are patrilineal.
- While the Conservative movement accepted the ordination of women, it rejected patrilineal descent.
- In matters of inheritance, the Zhou dynasty recognized only patrilineal primogeniture as legal.
- Unlike the Iroquois, the Abenaki were patrilineal.