Adjective : matrilocal customs. From Dictionary.com.
These sometimes are "matrilocal" families where the brother lives with his sister and her children, while her husband and other lovers may live with their sisters. From Wordnik.com. [Africa, AIDS, and multiple concurrent relationships] Reference
Marriages were matrilocal, inheritance matrilineal. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-02-01] Reference
‘Tharwad’ is thus a matrilineal, matrilocal family. From Wordnik.com. [The sociological concept of joint family in India] Reference
Are patrilocal arrangements more likely to be lousy for women than matrilocal ones?. From Wordnik.com. [Sisterhood is Powerful: Lessons from Gelada & Hamadryas Baboons] Reference
Sanday gives as an example the Minangkabau of Sumatra, who are matrilineal, matrilocal and egalitarian. From Wordnik.com. [On victim-blaming and control] Reference
Thus, you see in African cultures tendencies both toward hyper-polygamy and matrilineal/matrilocal family structures. From Wordnik.com. [Africa, AIDS, and multiple concurrent relationships] Reference
Their presence provided the basis for population permanence, and matrilocal or uxorilocal residence patterns featured strongly in shaping the contours of settlement. From Wordnik.com. [Gutenber-e Help Page] Reference
But, unlike Africa's major tribulations -- many of which stem from its traditional polygamous and matrilocal family structures that are profoundly dysfunctional in the modern world because they lead to low paternal investment in children -- slipshod drug testing is one that can be rightfully blamed on white people. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-08-28] Reference
Matrilineal bridges often factored in the clustering of families in particular coves and harbors; and matrilocal or uxorilocal residence patterns played a crucial role in community formation, as many couples established themselves on land already occupied by the wife or apportioned from or adjacent to the family property of the wife. From Wordnik.com. [Gutenber-e Help Page] Reference
The technique gives the demographer something concrete to work with, for written records on men are much more readily available than those on women; but it certainly requires strenuous qualification if used in the Newfoundland context, for it mutes the matrilineal bridges and matrilocal/uxorilocal residence patterns that often predated patrilineal-patrilocal patterns in early settlement. From Wordnik.com. [Gutenber-e Help Page] Reference
It is one of the only matrilocal societies in the world. From Wordnik.com. [HijabMan - journal] Reference
The society is matrilineal, matrilocal and perhaps matrifocal. From Wordnik.com. [Mercury Rising 鳯女] Reference
Kajar villagers practice matrilocal residence, and Pak Sastro moved from Kajar I to Kajar III after his marriage. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
Mothers-in-law are very important in patrilineal, patrilocal systems; but not so much in matrilineal, matrilocal systems. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Occidental societies tend to do the opposite), and they were matrilocal and matrifocal societies. ". From Wordnik.com. [Review: The Oldest Europeans] Reference
(and perhaps originally also of matrilocal and matripotestal) conditions among the earliest inhabitants of. From Wordnik.com. [Legends of Babylon and Egypt in relation to Hebrew tradition] Reference
His parents’ marriage was matrilocal. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-02-01] Reference
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