phyle
(in ancient Greece) a tribe or clan, based on supposed kinship.
Origin of phyle
1Other words from phyle
- phylic, adjective
Words Nearby phyle
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How to use phyle in a sentence
Presently Thrasybulus, with about seventy followers, sallied out from Thebes, and made himself master of the fortress of phyle.
Hellenica | XenophonWith this object a protecting force was despatched to the "boundary estates," about two miles south of phyle.
Hellenica | XenophonWhen you chose to condemn the ten generals, my phyle supplied the Prytanes, and I alone stood out against you.
There was Professor phyle, the celebrated phrenologist—a tall man, with a gaunt face and long gray hair.
Stories by American Authors, Volume 3 | VariousProfessor phyle, who had stuck his head out of the curtains, drew it in again suddenly, like the timid turtle.
Stories by American Authors, Volume 3 | Various
British Dictionary definitions for phyle
/ (ˈfaɪlɪ) /
a tribe or clan of an ancient Greek people such as the Ionians
Origin of phyle
1Derived forms of phyle
- phylic, adjective
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