PHRATRIES

Meaning of PHRATRIES in English

( pl. )

of Phratry

Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

PHRATRIES — (pl. ) of Phratry
Английский словарь Webster
PHRATRIES — pl of phratry.
Webster English vocab
PHRATRY — noun (plural phratries) see: brother Date: 1833 a kinship group forming a subdivision of a Greek phyle, a tribal subdivision
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PHRATRY — In ancient Greece, tribal subdivisions of households or families claiming a common kin relation. At the apex of each phratry …
Английский словарь Британика
PHRATRY — — phratric, phratral, phratriac, phratrial , adj. /fray"tree/ , n. , pl. phratries . 1. a grouping of clans or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PHRATRY — noun ( plural phratries ) Etymology: Greek phratria, from phratēr member of the same clan, member of a phratry — …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PHRATRY — [ 'freɪtri ] ■ noun ( plural phratries ) Anthropology a descent group or kinship group in some tribal societies. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PHRATRY — [phra.try] n, pl phratries [Gk phratria, fr. phrater member of the same clan, member of a phratry--more at brother] (1833) …
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PHRATRY — in anthropology, cluster of sibs, clans, or kinship groups that have grouped together, either because they share a belief in …
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PHRATRY — n. In ancient Greece, tribal subdivisions of households or families claiming a common kin relation. At the apex of each …
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