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noun
A clan or kinship group consisting of a number of families claiming descent from a common ancestor and having certain collective functions and responsibilities.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: Ancient Greece
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noun
A former kinship division consisting of two or more distinct clans with separate identities but considered to be a single unit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Topics: anthropology, human-sciences, sciences
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noun
people descended from a common ancestor
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock
Narrower terms: people, homefolk, house, dynasty, name, gens
History
PIE word *bhréh2tēr From Latin phrātria, from Ancient Greek φρατρία (phratría, “tribe, clan”), from φράτηρ (phrátēr) + -ία (-ía).
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