Patrilineage

Origin

Latin: pater: father + linea: line.

Full definition of patrilineage

Noun

1. A group of descendants related through a common male lineage.
• A group of male and female descendants of a male ancestor, each of whom is related to the common ancestor through male forebears. Library of Congress
  Federal Research Division
  Country Studies ... http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/uganda/ug_glos.html
• 1979 "By 1770, the Xhosa branch of the Nguni-speakers were organised at three levels: patrilineages, consisting 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 certian area under a chief. The shaping of South African Society 1652 - 1820. Eds. Richard Elphic & Hermann Giliommee. Longman p. 294.