phratry

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

phratry
    n 1: people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has
         lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower" [syn: {family},
         {family line}, {folk}, {kinfolk}, {kinsfolk}, {sept},
         {phratry}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Phratry \Phra"try\, n.; pl. {Phratries}. [Gr. ?, ?.] (Gr.
   Antiq.)
   A subdivision of a phyle, or tribe, in Athens.
   [1913 Webster]

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