Phratry

Each tribe contained three Phratriae, each Phratry thirty Gentes, and each Gens thirty heads of families.

A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest William Smith 1853

Phratry, existence of the, in Mexico and Central America in the military organization

Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines Lewis H. Morgan 1849

The Gens: organized upon kin; rights, privileges, and obligations of its members -- The Phratry: its character and functions -- The Tribe: its composition and attributes -- The Confederacy of Tribes: its nature, character and functions.

Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines Lewis H. Morgan 1849

Though the question is confessedly beyond the reach of science, may we not hold that civilized man, the creature of an infinite past, is the child of eternity, maturing for an inheritance of immortal life?] [Sidenote: Phratry and tribe.]

The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest John Fiske 1871