Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Phratry \Phra"try\, n.; pl. {Phratries}. [Gr. ?, ?.] (Gr.
   Antiq.)
   A subdivision of a phyle, or tribe, in Athens.

Source : WordNet®

phratry
     n : people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has
         lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower" [syn: {family},
          {family line}, {folk}, {kinfolk}, {kinsfolk}, {sept}]