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Definition of: phratry
(frā′trē) noun plural ·tries
1. In ancient Athens, a clan or subdivision of a phyle.
2. Any similar tribal unit among primitive peoples, as a tribe composed of several totemic clans among North American Indians. [<Gk. phratria <phratēr clansman, brother]
—phra′tric adjective
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