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matrilineage

noun
1.line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family
enation, cognation
unilateral descent - line of descent traced through one side of the family
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GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English
matrilineage 
\matrilineage\ n.
   The line of descent traced through the maternal side of the
   family; the mother's line of descent.

   Syn: enation, cognation.
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Moby Thesaurus II
38 Moby Thesaurus words for "matrilineage":
   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
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