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phratry

n. a social unit with common kinship bonds, typically composed of multiple clans claiming unilateral descent. See descent group.

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event space

event space

a subset of the set of all possible outcomes in a situation (the sample space). For example, the sample space of working days for a particular organization might comprise Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday for all employees, but the event space for working days might include only Monday through Friday for some employees.