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matrilocal definition

mat·ri·lo·cal (ma′trə lō′kəl)

adjective

of or relating to a housing pattern or custom in which a married couple lives with or near the wife's parents

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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