Modifies a noun

• descent: King David I was the last to succeed to the throne by matrilineal descent ( from the mother's line ).

• society: A matrilineal society is being produced, with about one third of children raised by single mothers [ 7 ] .

• line: His mitochondrial test - which traces the matrilineal line - connected him to the Tikar tribe, who cluster in present-day Cameroon.

• group: Example: Do women hold more political and economic power societies with matrilineal kin groups than in societies with patrilineal kin groups?

• system: I wish it had been possible to examine matrilineal descent systems with ancestor cults.

• sib: The phratries are divided into many named, matrilineal sibs, each of which is restricted to a specific locality.