| 释义 |
phra·try
\ˈfrā.trē, -ri\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Greek phratria, from phratēr member of the same clan, member of a phratry — more at brother
1. also phra·tria \ˈfrā.trēə\-s : a kinship group forming a subdivision of a Greek phyle and serving to give religious recognition to the citizenship of its members
< no deme coincided with a phratria or with any subdivision of a phratria — Athenaeum >
— compare clan, deme
2. : a social tribal subdivision; specifically : an exogamous group typically comprising several totemic clans
< the phratry overruled its clans in many ways — Diamond Jenness > |