English noun: phratry | |||
| 1. | phratry (group) people descended from a common ancestor | ||
| Samples | His family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower. | ||
| Synonyms | family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | dynasty, gens, homefolk, house, name, people | ||