adjective
- of or relating to a phratry (a social division in ancient Greek society, or a clan-like subdivision of a tribe in anthropology)
Usage: formal; chiefly historical and anthropological
Examples
- The phratric organization of ancient Athens played an important role in citizenship and religious observance.
- Scholars study phratric structures to understand kinship systems in early Greek communities.
- Phratric divisions helped regulate marriage and inheritance in classical societies.
- The phratric system divided the population into hereditary groups with specific social functions.