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phratry

[frey-tree]

noun, plural phra·tries.

a grouping of clans or other social units within a tribe.

(in ancient Greece) a subdivision of a phyle.

Origin:
1745–55; < Greek phrātría, equivalent to phrātr-, stem of phrātḗr clansman (akin to brother) + -ia -y³

Related forms

phra·tric, phra·tral, phra·tri·ac, phra·tri·al, adjective

sub·phra·try, noun, plural sub·phra·tries.

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phratry (ˈfreɪtrɪ)

—n , pl -tries
	anthropol a group of people within a tribe who have a common ancestor

[C19: from Greek phratria clan, from phratēr fellow clansman; compare Latin frāter brother]

'phratric

—*adj*

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