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Meaning of patrilocal | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

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

patrimonial patriological patriotic patriotical patriotically correct Patripassian