phra|try

phra|try
phra|try «FRAY tree», noun, plural -tries.
1. each of the larger subdivisions of a tribe in ancient Athens. Members of a phratry regarded one another as “brothers.”
2. a similar tribal unit, usually comprising two or more clans: »

... the head woman then notifies the chief of all the clans in her phratry (Beals and Hoijer).

[< Greek phrātríā < phrēr fellow clansman. Compare etym. under fraternity. (Cf.fraternity)]

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