phratry in English

noun
1
a descent group or kinship group in some tribal societies.
Gond society is divided into four groups known as phratries or sagas in Gondi.

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1. Blood line - the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors" ancestry, bloodline, lineage, pedigree, stemma, line of descent, parentage, blood, descent, origin, stock, line kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, family line, sept, folk, family - people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in