phratry


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
phratry /ˈfreɪtri/
noun (pl. phratries) Anthropology a descent group or kinship group in some tribal societies.
– origin C19: from Gk phratria, from phratēr ‘clansman’.
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