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phra·try

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–noun, plural -tries.

1.	a grouping of clans or other social units within a tribe.

2.	(in ancient Greece) a subdivision of a phyle.

[Origin: 1745–55; < Gk phrātría, equiv. to phrātr-, s. of phrātr clansman (akin to brother) + -ia -y³

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—Related forms

phratric, phratral, phra·tri·ac, phra·tri·al, adjective

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phratry: see clan.

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