Hypertext Webster Gateway: "phratry"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Phratry \Phra"try\, n.; pl. {Phratries}. [Gr. ?, ?.] (Gr.
Antiq.)
A subdivision of a phyle, or tribe, in Athens.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
phratry
n : people descended from a common ancestor; "his family had
lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower" [syn: {family},
{family line}, {folk}, {kinfolk}, {kinsfolk}, {sept}]
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