What is "patrilinear"

Usage examples of "patrilinear".

When we come to patrilinear surnames it is obvious that these may multiply without any addition to the 'blood' to which their etymology would seem to testify, indeed rather with the extinction of it as an effective ingredient in the make-up, physical or mental, of the bearers of the name.

It's rather expected from a man from a strictly patrilinear culture, y'see.

It’s rather expected from a man from a strictly patrilinear culture, y’see.

The claim, based upon the flow of lineage from sister to brother, thence to a descendant twice removed, while legal (with qualifications) in Lyonesse and also in the Ulflands, ran counter to the strictly patrilinear customs of Dahaut.