motherline

English

Etymology

From mother +‎ line.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmʌðə(ɹ)laɪn/

Noun

motherline (plural motherlines)

  1. Synonym of matriline
    • 2010, Andrea O'Reilly, Encyclopedia of Motherhood‎, volume 1, page 261:
      Daughters develop and nurture their female subjectivity and creativity by identifying with their mothers and relating with their motherline
    • 2015, Miriam Wallraven, Women Writers and the Occult in Literature and Culture‎, page 158:
      Contrary to them, a group of Amazonian women, the Riding Women, descend from escapees from the Holdfast and define themselves by their motherlines.
    • 2021, Lara Veleda Vesta, Wild Soul Runes‎, page 14:
      The motherline is also our unifier.

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