Phratry

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Phratry \Phra"try\, n.; pl. {Phratries}. [Gr. ?, ?.] (Gr.
     Antiq.)
     A subdivision of a phyle, or tribe, in Athens.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  phratry
       n : people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has
           lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower" [syn: {family},
            {family line}, {folk}, {kinfolk}, {kinsfolk}, {sept}]