Noun
motherline (plural motherlines)
- 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.