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patrilocal

patrilocal adjective: living with the family of the husband.

Adjective

patrilocal (not comparable)

  1. living with the family of the husband.
  2. In which newly married couples live with the husband's family.
    • In barring the way, he is enacting a ritual which demands that the new way of patrilocal marriage pay its respect to the more ancient way of matrilocal marriage.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 191

Synonyms of patrilocal

Origin of patrilocal

From patri- + local.

Words formed from patrilocal

Questions about patrilocal

What does patrilocal mean?
Patrilocal means living with the family of the husband.
What part of speech is patrilocal?
Patrilocal is an adjective.

Words near patrilocal in the dictionary

  1. patrilineate
  2. patrilines
  3. patrilinial
  4. patrilinies
  5. patriliny
  6. patrilocal
  7. patrilocality
  8. patrilocally
  9. patrimoieties
  10. patrimoiety
  11. patrimonial

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