'Phratry' definitions:

Definition of 'phratry'

From: WordNet
noun
People descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower" [syn: family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry]

Definition of 'Phratry'

From: GCIDE
  • Phratry \Phra"try\, n.; pl. Phratries. [Gr. ?, ?.] (Gr. Antiq.) A subdivision of a phyle, or tribe, in Athens. [1913 Webster]

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