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coresidences

coresidences is the plural of coresidence.

Meaning of coresidence

Noun

coresidence (countable and uncountable, plural coresidences)

  1. Living together, sharing a residence, as of an adult child with a parent.
    • The question of coresidence is of special interest in the Northwest Amazon region because among tribes that do not have sibs but are organized on the basis of patrilocal families it is coresidence rather than kinship that has been reported to be the governor of exogamy (Kirchoff, 1931).1979, Irving Goldman, The Cubeo: Indians of the Northwest Amazon, Second Edition, University of Illinois Press, →ISBN, pages 42–3

Questions about coresidences

What is coresidences the plural of?
Coresidences is the plural of coresidence.

Words near coresidences in the dictionary

  1. coreset
  2. coresets
  3. coreshine
  4. coreside
  5. coresidence
  6. coresidences
  7. coresident
  8. coresidential
  9. coresidents
  10. coresiding
  11. coresidual

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