PATRILOCAL


Meaning of PATRILOCAL in English

|pa.trə, |pā.trə+ adjective

Etymology: patr- + local

: located at or centered around the residence of the of the husband's family or tribe

a patrilocal marriage

— contrasted with matrilocal ; compare avunculocal , neolocal

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