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patrilocal

pat·ri·lo·cal [ pàttrə lṓk'l ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
having wife join her husband's family: describes a custom in which a wife goes to live with her husband's family or people after marriage, or a society in which this custom prevails


pat·ri·lo·cal·ly adverb
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