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Meanings of patrilinear in anglès

Tracing descent through the male line.

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        Usage of patrilinear in anglès
        1
        Thus, the Shang patrilinear system was much less extreme than the later system.
        A History of China
        2
        Although we do not know much about the general population, we know that the rulers had a patrilinear system of inheritance.
        A History of China
        3
        In the strongly patriarchal and patrilinear system of the Chou and the developing primogeniture, children of secondary wives had a lower social status.
        A History of China
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        Patrilinear through the time