Words Like PHRATRY

We have put together a list of words that are similar to PHRATRY.

20 Alternative Words Similar to phratry

1 Family Noun      Synonym Words Like Family
2 Folk Noun      Synonym Words Like Folk
3 Kinfolk Noun      Synonym Words Like Kinfolk
4 Kinsfolk Noun      Synonym Words Like Kinsfolk
5 Sept Noun      Synonym Words Like Sept
6 Ancestry Noun      Synonym Words Like Ancestry
7 Blood Noun      Synonym Words Like Blood
8 Bloodline Noun      Synonym Words Like Bloodline
9 Descent Noun      Synonym Words Like Descent
10 Line Noun      Synonym Words Like Line
11 Lineage Noun      Synonym Words Like Lineage
12 Origin Noun      Synonym Words Like Origin
13 Parentage Noun      Synonym Words Like Parentage
14 Pedigree Noun      Synonym Words Like Pedigree
15 Stemma Noun      Synonym Words Like Stemma
16 Stock Noun      Synonym Words Like Stock
17 Homefolk Noun      Hyponym
18 Name Noun      Hyponym Words Like Name
19 Gens Noun      Hyponym Words Like Gens
20 People Noun      Hyponym Words Like People

6 definitions of phratry

1 A subdivision of a phyle, or tribe, in Athens.
2 people descended from a common ancestor
3 A kinship group constituting an intermediate division in the primitive structure of the Hellenic tribe or phyle, consisting of several patrilinear clans, and surviving in classical times as a territorial subdivision in the political and military organization of the Athenian state.
4 Anthropology An exogamous subdivision of the tribe, constituting two or more related clans.
5 A brotherhood or clan; specifically, in the states of ancient Greece, a politico-religious group of citizens, which appears to have been originally based on kinship and to have been a subdivision of the phyle or tribe.
6 A former kinship division consisting of two or more distinct clans with separate identities but considered to be a single unit.
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