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Meaning of patrilocal | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. living with the family of the husband.
    not-comparable
  2. In which newly married couples live with the husband's family.
    not-comparable

Equivalents

Français patrilocal

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

patrimonial patriological patriotic patriotical patriotically correct Patripassian

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