Associations to the word «Phratry»
Noun
- Totem
- Kin
- Kinship
- Clan
- Borrowing
- Grouping
- Tribe
- Susquehanna
- Marri
- Crow
- Organisation
- Class
- Descent
- Lineage
- Suffix
- Lang
- Spouse
- Hypothesis
- Names
- Zeus
- Turtle
- Myth
- Eight
- Marriage
- Delaware
- Regulation
- Gen
- Adoption
- Ancestor
- Remainder
- Name
- Group
- Meaning
- Favour
- Origin
- Belonging
- Existence
- Unity
- Theory
- Custom
- Generation
- Alaska
- Necessity
- Rule
- Two
- Explanation
- Four
- Split
- Queensland
- Limit
- Opposition
- Five
- Sub
- Portion
- Case
- Division
- Meat
- Australia
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
PHRATRY, noun. (anthropology) (dated) A former kinship division consisting of two or more distinct clans with separate identities but considered to be a single unit.
Dictionary definition
PHRATRY, noun. People descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower".
Wise words
Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at
least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are
nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to
build something with them; they do not win their true
meaning until one knows how to apply them.