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phratry |
2 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: phratry n : people descended from a common ancestor; "his family had lived in Masachusetts since the Mayflower" [syn: {family}, {family line}, {folk}, {kinfolk}, {kinsfolk}, {sept}]
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