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phratral

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phra⋅try

  [frey-tree]
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–noun, plural -tries.
1. a grouping of clans or other social units within a tribe.
2. (in ancient Greece) a subdivision of a phyle.
Origin:
1745–55; < Gk phrātría, equiv. to phrātr-, s. of phrātr clansman (akin to brother ) + -ia -y 3

Related forms:
phratric, phratral, phra⋅tri⋅ac, phra⋅tri⋅al, adjective
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