"descent" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The system is associated with groups that have a strong tradition of matrilineal descent.
- A lineage is defined as all those related by matrilineal descent from a particular ancestress.
- They share a very similar culture, with matrilineal descent.
- At least two of the Mnong subgroups have matrilineal descent.
- At the same time, matrilineal descent remains the norm in Conservative halakha.
- Well into the 20th century, the Cherokee had a kinship system of matrilineal descent, clan membership and family organization.
- Membership in a division was inherited from the father, unlike the matrilineal descent often associated with other tribes.
- With matrilineal descent individuals belong to their mother's descent group.
- She was probably the mother of his successor as chief, according to their system of matrilineal descent.
- In English law, matrilineal descent is not considered valid for earldoms.
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