Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A line of descent traced through the paternal side of a family.
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- noun a line of descent from a male ancestor to a descendant (of either sex) in which the individuals in all intervening generations are fathers.
Etymologies
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Examples
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They would consecutively claim the throne as the last representatives of their patriline.
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Normally, women who were the last representatives of a patriline, as were Mary and Elizabeth, would be quickly married off in the hopes that such female heirs would transmit their blood claims to their male offspring.
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It was more common for royal women, if they were, like Mary and Elizabeth, the last survivors of the direct patriline, to transmit their claims to the throne rather than to inherit.
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Lineage and settlement patterns in this account are traced through the patriline only.
Gutenber-e Help Page 2005
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Another obvious gender difference was in the marital status of the testators: while male testators were single, married, and widowed, most women's testamentary documents, at least those that have survived, were written by widows. 50 Most of these were disposing of relatively small estates, often in exchange for support in their old age, and they tended to be less preoccupied with maintaining properties in the patriline, although this may simply have been a reflection of the lesser significance of the properties they were transferring.
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