Noun: phratry frey-tree
- People descended from a common ancestor; blood relations
"The phratry gathered annually for their family reunion";
- family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, fam [informal], kith and kin
Derived forms: phratries
Type of: ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock
Encyclopedia: Phratry