How to Use patrilineal in a Sentence

patrilineal

adjective

• Meanwhile, Justin Locke’s son is 9, so there’s a fifth generation in his patrilineal line who could ascend to the helm.
  — Carson Kessler, ProPublica, 25 July 2022
• But Harding says the real sticking point is the potential loss of patrilineal succession.
  — CNN, 26 Oct. 2021
• The cultures involved are usually patrilineal: ie, the family is defined by the male bloodline.
  — The Economist, 16 Dec. 2017
• Since the system was based on patrilineal descent, a woman could secure her children’s future by marrying someone from a higher caste than her own.
  — Melissa Pandika, The Cut, 31 Jan. 2018
• The film tells the story of a mother and housewife who pretends to be pregnant after her husband’s sudden death in order to subvert the country’s patrilineal inheritance laws.
  — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 17 Nov. 2022
• Vampire Weekend’s songs, which stem from patrilineal culture, are also about its fracture.
  — Armond White, National Review, 10 Dec. 2019
• Whereas most of China is patrilineal, with children taking on the surnames of their fathers, the Mosuo are matrilineal, with children taking on the surnames of their mothers.
  — Charles Choi, Discover Magazine, 8 Jan. 2018
• For the more recent study, the researchers used historical documents to construct a patrilineal map of five branches traced from Leonardo’s father, Ser Piero, and half-brother Domenico.
  — Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 July 2021
• Now King Akeem, the father of three daughters, seeks his patrilineal heir via another transcontinental mission.
  — Armond White, National Review, 12 Mar. 2021
• The imperial women are also expected to maintain patrilineal succession to the Chrysanthemum Throne by giving birth to male heirs.
  — Time, 3 Nov. 2021
• The Dutton family, while kept together by its matriarchs (all Dutton spouses appear to outlast their husbands—with the exception of Evelyn), is patrilineal.
  — Joshua St. Clair, Men's Health, 5 Feb. 2023
• Westeros is traditionally a patrilineal society, so Jon’s claim would traditionally be greater—but now that Cersei is rewriting the rules as Queen of Westeros, who knows?
  — Scott Meslow, GQ, 14 Aug. 2017
• This situation allowed the researchers to perform a simple experiment, checking for signs of chronic disease in the matrilineal and patrilineal households.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 19 Nov. 2020
• Name extinction is also a naturally occurring phenomenon called the Galton-Watson process, which posits that in patrilineal societies, surnames are lost or die out over time with each new generation as women take on their husbands' surnames.
  — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 16 Jan. 2021
• In communities that followed patrilineal practices, chronic inflammation was over twice as prevalent in women (8.3 percent vs. 3.2 percent).
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 19 Nov. 2020
• They are subdivided into smaller patrilineal units, as well as territorial sections.
  — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 14 June 2011

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024