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house society

house society noun: a society where kinship and political relations are organized around membership in corporately-organized dwellings rather than around descent groups or lineages.

Noun

house society (plural house societies)

  1. A society where kinship and political relations are organized around membership in corporately-organized dwellings rather than around descent groups or lineages.

Forms of house society

pluralhouse societies

Origin of house society

Calque of French société à maison, coined by Claude Lévi-Strauss.

Questions about house society

What does house society mean?
House society means a society where kinship and political relations are organized around membership in corporately-organized dwellings rather than around descent groups or lineages.
What part of speech is house society?
House society is a noun.
What is the plural of house society?
The plural of house society is house societies.

Words near house society in the dictionary

  1. house slipper
  2. house slippers
  3. house snake
  4. house snakes
  5. house societies
  6. house society
  7. house sparrow
  8. house sparrows
  9. house spider
  10. house spiders
  11. house spirit

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