phratries
Meaning of phratries
noun
- A clan or kinship group consisting of a number of families claiming descent from a common ancestor and having certain collective functions and responsibilities.
- A former kinship division consisting of two or more distinct clans with separate identities but considered to be a single unit.
Information about phratries
- It is a name.
- The singular form of phratries is: phratry.
- Languages in which phratries is used:
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Hyphenation of phratries
phra-tries
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- phratries is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Anagrams of phratries
Words that rhyme with phratries
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