matrilocaladj.
/ˌmatrᵻˈləʊkl/, U.S. /ˈˌmætrəˈloʊk(ə)l/, /ˈˌmeɪtrəˈloʊk(ə)l/ Chiefly Cultural Anthropology and Sociology.
Designating or relating to a custom of marriage by which the married couple settles in the wife's home or community.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > [adjective] > matrilocal, etc.
matrilocal1906
patrilocal1906
uxorilocal1936
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinship group > family > [adjective] > relating to matrilocal residence
matrilocal1906
uxorilocal1936
1906 N. W. Thomas Kinship Organisations iii. 30 When the husband removes and lives in his wife's group the marriage is matrilocal.
1927 Contemp. Rev. July 84 The clan is held together by matrilocal marriage.
1956 R. Pieris Sinhalese Social Organization vi. i. 203 In the binna (matrilocal) marriage, the husband lived in his wife's parental home.
1966 F. I. Nye & F. M. Berardo Emerging Conceptual Frameworks in Family Anal. ii. 26 The extended family is a group founded on kinship and locality, and resulting from the rules of patrilocal or matrilocal marriage.
1987 R. Eisler Chalice & Blade (1988) ii. 24 Religions in which the most powerful or sole deity is female tend to reflect a social order in which..domicile is..matrilocal (a husband goes to live with his wife's family or clan).
Derivatives
matriˈlocally adv.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > [adverb] > matrilocal, etc.
matrilocally1941
patrilocally1943
uxorilocally1963
neolocally1967
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinship group > family > [adverb] > in a matrilocal manner
matrilocally1941
uxorilocally1963
1941 Sudan Notes & Rec. 24 55 In a few cases the Shilluk settle matrilocally.
1991 Ann. Rev. Anthropol. 20 39 Some Kipsigis have begun to give or sell land to their matrilocally resident sons-in-law.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1906