Associations to the word «Patrilineal»

Wiktionary

PATRILINEAL, adjective. Pertaining to descent through male lines.

Dictionary definition

PATRILINEAL, adjective. Based on or tracing descent through the male line; "a patrilineal society".

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin