Meaning of PHRATRY
| Pronunciation: | | 'freytree
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| | Definition: | | [n] people descended from a common ancestor; "his family had lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower" |
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| | Synonyms: | | family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept |
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| | See Also: | | ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, dynasty, gens, homefolk, house, line, line of descent, lineage, name, origin, parentage, pedigree, people, stock | |
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| | Definition: | | \Phra"try\, n.; pl. {Phratries}. [Gr. ?, ?.] (Gr.
Antiq.)
A subdivision of a phyle, or tribe, in Athens.
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| | Definition: | | a group that typically consists of several clans that extend the rights and obligations of kinship to one another but retain distinct identities. |
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