phratry

A noun referring to a group of people who are descended from a common ancestor, often used in anthropological or historical contexts.

• 🇵🇹Substantivo que designa um grupo de pessoas que descendem de um ancestral comum, especialmente uma subdivisão de uma tribo ou clã, usado em contextos antropológicos ou históricos.

1. Ancestral kinship group C2 formal

   A social division within a tribe or society, consisting of people who are believed to be descended from a common ancestor.

   • The ancient Greek phratry was a key unit of social organization.
   • Members of the same phratry shared religious rites and obligations.
   • Anthropologists study the phratry system to understand early kinship structures.

   🇵🇹Fratria

   Sinônimos: clankin grouplineagesib

• phratries plural form
• phratries' possessive plural form
• phratry's possessive singular form