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]