phratry

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

• 🇨🇳名词，指源自共同祖先的亲属群体，常用于人类学或历史语境中，指氏族联合而成的胞族。

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.

   🇨🇳胞族

   同义词: clankin grouplineagesib

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