phratry : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: phratry	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for phratry
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
phratry n people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower" Synonym(s): family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Phratry \Phra"try\, n.; pl. {Phratries}. [Gr. [?], [?].] (Gr. Antiq.) A subdivision of a phyle, or tribe, in Athens.