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pa·trilo·cal

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  1. patrilocaladjective

    living with the family of the husband

  2. patrilocaladjective

    Describing a people or culture in which newly married couples live with the male's family.

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  1. patrilocal

    In social anthropology, patrilocal residence or patrilocality, also known as virilocal residence or virilocality, are terms referring to the social system in which a married couple resides with or near the husband's parents. The concept of location may extend to a larger area such as a village, town or clan territory. The practice has been found in around 70 percent of the world's modern human cultures that have been described ethnographically. Archaeological evidence for patrilocality has also been found among Neanderthal remains in Spain and for ancient hominids in Africa.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of patrilocal in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of patrilocal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8


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