patrilineal
Pronunciations
| patrilineal | (PA-truh-LIHN-ee-ul) | listen |
Definitions
adj. Considered Jewish because one's father but not mother is Jewish.
Example Sentences
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"Jake's mother is not Jewish, but he is through patrilineal descent."
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"Nearly three decades after the Reform movement’s landmark 1983 decision to accept patrilineal Jews, the standard has yet to catch on with Conservative or Orthodox Jewry." (source)
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Languages of Origin
- English
Who Uses This
- Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
Regions
- North America
- Australia / New Zealand
- South Africa
Dictionaries
- None
Notes
Patrilineal descent is accepted in the Reform and Reconstructionist movements; more traditionally observant Jews consider Jewish identity to be passed along only matrilineally - through the mother.
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