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Meaning of matrilocal | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

/ˌmæ.tɹɪˈləʊ.kəl/

Definitions

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

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.

See also

matrimonial matrimonious matrimoniously matriotic matriphagous matripotestal