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"Phratry" Definition

noun

A kinship group constituting an intermediate division in the primitive structure of the Hellenic tribe or phyle, consisting of several patrilinear clans, and surviving in classical times as a territorial subdivision in the political and military organization of the Athenian state.
Anthropology An exogamous subdivision of the tribe, constituting two or more related clans.
A kinship group forming a subdivision of a Greek phyle.
A tribal subdivision.
An exogamous group typically comprising several totemic clans.

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