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patrilocal
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pat·ri·lo·cal  (ptr-lkl)
adj. Anthropology
Of or relating to residence with a husband's kin group or clan.
patri·lo·cali·ty (-kl-t) n.
patri·local·ly adv.
patrilocal [ˌpætrɪˈləʊkəl]
adj
(Sociology) having or relating to a marriage pattern in which the couple lives with the husband's family
patrilocally  adv
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In his analysis of peasant families during the Middle Ages, Seccombe argues that feudal and seigneurial property forms fostered a stem family cycle among peasants, which, in eastern Europe, was characterized by early marriage and patrilocal residence, and in Western Europe by later marriage and neolocal household formation.
A Millennium of Family Change: Feudalism to Capitalism in ... by Mintz, Steven / Journal of Social History
 
 
 
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