phrator

P3H4R1A1T1O1R1

noun

A member of a phratry.

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Meanings

nounphrator (plural phrators)

plural phrators

  1. historicalA member of a phratry.

    The phratry has the right and the duty to prosecute the death of a phrator, hence in former times the duty of blood revenge.

    1909, Friedrich Engels (tr. Ernest Untermann), The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State (chapter 4) https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Origin_of_the_Family,_Private_Property_and_the_State/Chapter_4
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