"motherline" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmʌðə(ɹ)laɪn/ Forms: motherlines [plural]
Etymology: From mother + line. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|mother|line}} mother + line Head templates: {{en-noun}} motherline (plural motherlines)
  1. Synonym of matriline Synonyms: matriline [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-motherline-en-noun-6ZFb8p5B Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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        "1": "en",
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From mother + line.",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2010, Andrea O'Reilly, Encyclopedia of Motherhood, volume 1, page 261",
          "text": "Daughters develop and nurture their female subjectivity and creativity by identifying with their mothers and relating with their motherline",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Miriam Wallraven, Women Writers and the Occult in Literature and Culture, page 158",
          "text": "Contrary to them, a group of Amazonian women, the Riding Women, descend from escapees from the Holdfast and define themselves by their motherlines.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021, Lara Veleda Vesta, Wild Soul Runes, page 14",
          "text": "The motherline is also our unifier.",
          "type": "quotation"
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      "ipa": "/ˈmʌðə(ɹ)laɪn/"
    }
  ],
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          "text": "Daughters develop and nurture their female subjectivity and creativity by identifying with their mothers and relating with their motherline",
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          "type": "quotation"
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          "ref": "2021, Lara Veleda Vesta, Wild Soul Runes, page 14",
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