Patrilectal

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Consistent with the patrilect. not-comparable

    "In short, the tendencies to regional endogamy (including coastal area endogamy) and patrilectal exogamy exist in practice, if not in law."

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"In short, the tendencies to regional endogamy (including coastal area endogamy) and patrilectal exogamy exist in practice, if not in law."

Etymology

From patrilect + -al.

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