patrilocal
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Definition of patrilocal
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
- (not-comparable)living with the family of the husband.
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adj
- (not-comparable)living with the family of the husband.
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(not-comparable)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.”
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Etymology
From patri- + local.
Words you can make from patrilocal
200+ playable · top: ALLOPATRIC (14 pts)
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15 words6-letter words
35 words- APICAL 10 pts
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- TAILOR 6 pts
5-letter words
64 words- CAPOT 9 pts
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- CARPI 9 pts
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4-letter words
82 words- CAPO 8 pts
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- PAIL 6 pts
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- RATO 4 pts
- RIAL 4 pts
- RILL 4 pts
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