patrilineage

patri- +‎ lineage

patrilineage (countable and uncountable, plural patrilineages)

1. Lineage based upon the paternal line; a group of descendants related through a common male lineage.

   Antonym: matrilineage

   • 1979, Richard Elphic, Hermann Giliommee, editors, The shaping of South African Society 1652-1820, Longman, page 294:

     By 1770, the Xhosa branch of the Nguni-speakers were organised at three levels: patrilineages, consisting of the descendants of a known common ancestor; patriclans, composed of a number of lineages, all claiming descent from a putative common ancestor; and chiefdoms which were political units, each occupying a certain area under a chief.