Definition of Phratry. Meaning of Phratry. Synonyms of Phratry

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Definition of Phratry

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

Meaning of Phratry from wikipedia

- In ancient Greece, a phratry (Ancient Gr****: φρᾱτρῐ́ᾱ, romanized: phrātríā, lit. 'brotherhood, kinfolk', derived from Ancient Gr****: φρᾱ́τηρ, romanized: phrā́tēr...
- descent, most notably in Bradford. Caste system among South Asian Muslims Phratry, an institution of Ancient Greece similar in meaning and etymology. Hamid...
- her. At Athens there is the temple of Athena Phratria, as patron of a phratry, in the Ancient Agora of Athens. Athena's epithet Pallas – her most renowned...
- India, especially the state of Tamil Nadu. They are Hindus and follow Phratry system. They mostly reside in hill regions and do various occupations such...
- a stele, written on all four sides, which seems to have regulated the phratry of the Labyadai. In 1893, slightly after the beginning of the great Excavations...
- upon common female ancestors. Clans were organized into three distinct phratries identified by their animal sign: Turtle, Turkey, and Wolf. They first...
- husband would perform an offering in honor of his recent marriage for his phratry during the Apaturia. Taking place during the three-day festival in the...
- citizenship; prior to that time, citizenship had been based on membership in a phratry, or family group. At this same time, demes were established in the main...
- differentiated exogamous phratries. They speak an Eastern Toucan language, as well as the languages of exogamous ethnic groups or phratries, which form part of...
- Navajo also had a system of matrilineal "clans" organized further into phratries (perhaps influenced by the western Pueblo). The notion of a tribe within...