Found 2 items, similar to Phratry.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: phratry 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]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Phratry Phratry \Phra"try\, n.; pl. Phratries. [Gr. ?, ?.] (Gr. Antiq.) A subdivision of a phyle, or tribe, in Athens. [1913 Webster]