(uncountable, anthropology) The condition of being patrilineal. / (countable, anthropology) A patrilineal descent or kinship.

(anthropology) Pertaining to descent through male lines.

plural of patriline

A line of descent from a male ancestor to a descendant (of either sex) in which the individuals in all intervening generations are fathers.

In patrilineal fashion.

plural of patrilineality

The patrilineal system.