Meaning & use
Matrilocal
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Describing a marriage custom in which a couple lives with or near the wife's family.
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Anthropologists studied a matrilocal society where husbands moved into their wives' villages.
In matrilocal cultures, daughters often inherit the family home rather than sons.
A note on using this word
Used mainly in anthropology and sociology to classify residence patterns adopted after marriage across different cultures.
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