'matrilineage' definitions:
Definition of 'matrilineage'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'matrilineage'
From: GCIDE
- matrilineage \matrilineage\ n. The line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family; the mother's line of descent.
- Syn: enation, cognation. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'matrilineage'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affiliation,
- agnation,
- alliance,
- ancestry,
- blood,
- blood relationship,
- brotherhood,
- brothership,
- cognation,
- common ancestry,
- common descent,
- connection,
- consanguinity,
- cousinhood,
- cousinship,
- enation,
- fatherhood,
- filiation,
- fraternity,
- kindred,
- kinship,
- maternity,
- matriliny,
- matrisib,
- matrocliny,
- motherhood,
- paternity,
- patrilineage,
- patriliny,
- patrisib,
- patrocliny,
- propinquity,
- relation,
- relationship,
- sibship,
- sisterhood,
- sistership,
- ties of blood