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Clan vs Phratry - What's the difference?

clan | phratry |

As nouns the difference between clan and phratry

is that clan is a group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief while phratry is a former kinship division consisting of two or more distinct clans with separate identities but considered to be a single unit.

clan

English

(wikipedia clan)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (anthropology) A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief.
  • A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain
  • Any association of people behaving clannishly.
  • (video games) A group of players who habitually play on the same team in multiplayer games.
  • A badger colony.
  • Derived terms

    * clannish * matriclan * patriclan

    Descendants

    * Dutch: (l) * German: (l)

    phratry

    English

    Noun

    (phratries) (wikipedia phratry)
  • (anthropology, dated) A former kinship division consisting of two or more distinct clans with separate identities but considered to be a single unit.
  • Derived terms

    * subphratry