Definitions from Wiktionary (phratry)

▸ noun:  (Ancient Greece) A clan or kinship group consisting of a number of families claiming descent from a common ancestor and having certain collective functions and responsibilities.
▸ noun:  (anthropology, dated) A former kinship division consisting of two or more distinct clans with separate identities but considered to be a single unit.
▸ Also see phratry



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