Usually means: Descent traced through the mother.
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  1. matrilineage: Merriam-Webster
  2. matrilineage: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. matrilineage: Vocabulary.com
  4. matrilineage: Wordnik
  5. matrilineage: Wiktionary
  6. matrilineage: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. matrilineage: Dictionary.com
  8. Matrilineage: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. matrilineage: Rhymezone
  10. matrilineage: FreeDictionary.org
  11. matrilineage: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. matrilineage: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  Lineage based upon the maternal line; a group of descendants related through a common female lineage.

Similar:
cognation, enation, patrilineage, matriline, mother's line, motherline, matriclan, matrician, patriline, matrilinealism, more...

Types:
clan, family, house, lineage, tribe, more...

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Similar:
cognation, enation, patrilineage, matriline, mother's line, motherline, matriclan, matrician, patriline, matrilinealism, more...

Types:
clan, family, house, lineage, tribe, more...



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