Modifies a noun

• descent: Each of the above kinship units is based, at least in principle, on patrilineal descent from a common male ancestor.

• group: Within the village, the men of these households form patrilineal kinship groups, which with hesitation I call lineages.

• system: At the core of village organization is a segmentary, exogamous, patrilineal lineage system.

• society: In contrast to the social equality of the Celtic Picts and Scots, the Germanic Angles and Saxons were patriarchal and patrilineal societies.

• clan: The kinship system is based on marriage alliances linking lineages of patrilineal clans called marga.

• kin: The most important, although not always the most conspicuous, groups among the men are the groups of patrilineal kin.