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Phratry Moderate

Phratry has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

people descended from a common ancestor

"his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"

2

A clan or kinship group consisting of a number of families claiming descent from a common ancestor and having certain collective functions and responsibilities.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
lineage
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
people homefolk house dynasty name
Rhyming Words
try extry autry metry nitry iatry latry entry retry pantry sextry bantry peltry gantry hostry sultry mistry vintry vestry ometry
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