Definition of phratry in English:

phratry

nounPlural phratries ˈfreɪtriˈfreɪtri

Anthropology

A descent group or kinship group in some tribal societies.
Example sentencesExamples
- Aristotle, at Politics 128036-8, remarks that ‘thusiai’, groups which sacrifice together, are a precondition for the city, along with families, phratries, and other works of friendship.
- Among the historic Winnebago, for instance, in-flesh inhumation was associated with the lower phratry, while platform burial was reserved for the upper phratry.
- The feast of Apatouria involves the induction of infants, youths and wives into the phratry, or clan of families.
- Gond society is divided into four groups known as phratries or sagas in Gondi.
- In Classical Athens, for example, when a child was no longer a baby, at the age of three, it would be presented to the family clan, the phratry, and subsequently would participate in the choes festival for the first time that same year.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Greek phratria, from phratēr 'clansman'.

Definition of phratry in US English:

phratry

nounˈfreɪtriˈfrātrē

Anthropology

A descent group or kinship group in some tribal societies.
Example sentencesExamples
- Gond society is divided into four groups known as phratries or sagas in Gondi.
- In Classical Athens, for example, when a child was no longer a baby, at the age of three, it would be presented to the family clan, the phratry, and subsequently would participate in the choes festival for the first time that same year.
- Aristotle, at Politics 128036-8, remarks that ‘thusiai’, groups which sacrifice together, are a precondition for the city, along with families, phratries, and other works of friendship.
- Among the historic Winnebago, for instance, in-flesh inhumation was associated with the lower phratry, while platform burial was reserved for the upper phratry.
- The feast of Apatouria involves the induction of infants, youths and wives into the phratry, or clan of families.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Greek phratria, from phratēr ‘clansman’.

单词	phratry
释义	Definition of phratry in English: phratry nounPlural phratries ˈfreɪtriˈfreɪtri Anthropology A descent group or kinship group in some tribal societies. Example sentencesExamples Aristotle, at Politics 128036-8, remarks that ‘thusiai’, groups which sacrifice together, are a precondition for the city, along with families, phratries, and other works of friendship. Among the historic Winnebago, for instance, in-flesh inhumation was associated with the lower phratry, while platform burial was reserved for the upper phratry. The feast of Apatouria involves the induction of infants, youths and wives into the phratry, or clan of families. Gond society is divided into four groups known as phratries or sagas in Gondi. In Classical Athens, for example, when a child was no longer a baby, at the age of three, it would be presented to the family clan, the phratry, and subsequently would participate in the choes festival for the first time that same year. Origin Mid 19th century: from Greek phratria, from phratēr 'clansman'. Definition of phratry in US English: phratry nounˈfreɪtriˈfrātrē Anthropology A descent group or kinship group in some tribal societies. Example sentencesExamples Gond society is divided into four groups known as phratries or sagas in Gondi. In Classical Athens, for example, when a child was no longer a baby, at the age of three, it would be presented to the family clan, the phratry, and subsequently would participate in the choes festival for the first time that same year. Aristotle, at Politics 128036-8, remarks that ‘thusiai’, groups which sacrifice together, are a precondition for the city, along with families, phratries, and other works of friendship. Among the historic Winnebago, for instance, in-flesh inhumation was associated with the lower phratry, while platform burial was reserved for the upper phratry. The feast of Apatouria involves the induction of infants, youths and wives into the phratry, or clan of families. Origin Mid 19th century: from Greek phratria, from phratēr ‘clansman’.
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