In the strongly patriarchal and patrilinear system of the.    From Wordnik.com.  [A History of China] Reference

Thus, the Shang patrilinear system was much less extreme than the later system.    From Wordnik.com.  [A History of China] Reference

Not sure if the family units were matrilinear or patrilinear or maybe that depended on where you were.    From Wordnik.com.  [Discovered: the basis of human civilization.] Reference

Although we do not know much about the general population, we know that the rulers had a patrilinear system of inheritance.    From Wordnik.com.  [A History of China] Reference

Aristocratic families gradually improved their economic position, and countships often became hereditary in one family, “though not usually in patrilinear succession.    From Wordnik.com.  [795-96] Reference

Our nearest relatives, the chimps tend towards matrilinear, while patrilinear seems more prevalent in a majority of the different aboriginity groups in more modern times.    From Wordnik.com.  [Discovered: the basis of human civilization.] Reference

Their procreative role means that they are the guarantee of the continuity of the group, more especially as Bamileke society is patrilinear.    From Wordnik.com.  [WeLove-music] Reference

As a consequence, there is still no patrilinear marker for investigating possible male introgression between imported cattle and European aurochs.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Chilcotins knew also of these "potlatches", but among them inheritance followed patrilinear principles, and their chiefs had more power because less numerous and unconnected with the clan system.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon] Reference

This is, of course, not to say that Yiddish was ever a “woman’s language,” but rather that it was seen in the context of both Hebrew with its patrilinear religious authority and also as an indigenous national language that carried secular authority.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yiddish Literature in the United States.] Reference