In barring the way, he is enacting a ritual which demands that the new way of patrilocal marriage pay its respect to the more ancient way of matrilocal marriage.
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Matrilocal
//ˌmæ.tɹɪˈləʊ.kəl//
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French
1 entries- matrilocal adj (Translations)
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1 entries- matrilokala adj (Translations)
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