phratry (English, noun)
expansion: phratry (plural phratries)
Senses:
qualifier: Ancient Greece
glosses: A clan or kinship group consisting of a number of families claiming descent from a common ancestor and having certain collective functions and responsibilities.
topics: anthropology
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A former kinship division consisting of two or more distinct clans with separate identities but considered to be a single unit.
tags: dated
Forms:
form: phratries
tags: plural