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Meaning of matrilocal | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2
ˌmæ.tɹɪˈləʊ.kəl

Definitions

  1. Living with the family of the wife; uxorilocal.
    not-comparable
  2. In which newly married couples live with the wife's family.
    not-comparable

Equivalents

Français matrilocal
Português matrilocal

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

matrimonial matrimonious matrimoniously matriotic matriphagous matripotestal

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