patrilocal
/pa-truh-loh-kuhl, pey-/US // ˌpæ trəˈloʊ kəl, ˌpeɪ- //UK // (ˌpætrɪˈləʊkəl) //
父老乡亲,父老乡亲们,父辈的地方,父辈们
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
Anthropology.
- : virilocal.
Examples
When the husband removes and lives in his wife's group the marriage is matrilocal; if the wife removes it is patrilocal.
I therefore propose to term the three types matrilocal, removal, and patrilocal marriages.
In such a case the marriage is called matrilocal; otherwise it is patrilocal.
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