patrilocal

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patrilocal

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From patri- + local.

adjective

not comparable, of a married couple living with the family of the husband.
not comparable, of a people or culture In which newly married couples live with the husband's family. 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.

Similar: virilocal

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@misc{patrilocal_2026,
  title = {patrilocal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/patrilocal},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}