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mat·ri·lo·cal (m

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adj. Anthropology

Of or relating to residence with a wife's kin group or clan.

matri·lo·cali·ty (-k

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) n.

matri·local·ly adv.

matrilocality

the state or custom of residing with the family or tribe of the wife, as in certain primitive societies. Cf. patrilocality. — matrilocal, adj.

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