Definition of Patriliny

1. [n -NIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Patriliny

patrifocal
patrifocality
patrikin
patrilateral
patrilineage
patrilineages
patrilineal
patrilineal kin
patrilineal sib
patrilineality
patrilineally
patrilinear
patrilines
patrilinies
patriliny (current term)
patrilocal
patrilocality
patrimoieties
patrimoiety
patrimonial
patrimonially
patrimonies
patrimony
patriot
patrioteer
patriotic
patriotical
patriotically
patriotick

Literary usage of Patriliny

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Kinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australia by Northcote Whitridge Thomas (1906)
"... and patriliny. For it is by no means clear that it is an exemplification of the former rather than the latter principle. ..."

2. Women and Kinship; Comparative Perspectives on Gender in South and South by Leela Dube (1997)
"This is a much-valued practice in southern India, a region of "reticent" patriliny. It has been argued (see Karve 1965, Kolenda 1984, Ganesh 1988) that ..."

3. Between Venice and Istanbul: Colonial Landscapes in Early Modern Greece by Siriol Davies, Jack L Davis (2007)
""Interpreting Kinship Terminology: The Problem of patriliny in Rural Greece,"Anthropological Quarterly 54, pp. 157—166. Horden, P., and N. Purcell. 2000. ..."

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