uxorilocal

Examples

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• Since the household could not absorb another bride, the young man might have been forced to marry a woman and move to her family's house, becoming an uxorilocal groom.

  Academic text (1994)

• Living in an uxorilocal arrangement, the newlyweds enjoyed support from the wife's family as they started their life together.

• He can adopt temporary uxorilocal residence and pay for his bride with bride service.

  Academic text (1992)

• From the perspective of a married woman, uxorilocal residence allows her to maintain close ties with immediate family members and with those relatives and friends living in close proximity, particularly her mother.

  Academic text (1994)

• Kinship is bilateral, and marriage patterns reflect a preference for uxorilocal residence and village endogamy.

  Academic text (1993)

• Because uxorilocal marriage is prevalent among both the Lao and the Laven of the Bolaven Plateau, the land usually succeeds to the daughter and her husband.

  Academic text (2017)

• Marriages between ward neighbors chronicle a history of uxorilocal residence practices in Sakli, as all have some historical links to these "grooms who came." Marriage Patterns in Sakli.

  Academic text (1994)

• While the residence practice of dahmat geldi (uxorilocal groom) may resemble this, there is no reciprocal exchange of a son; households only give away their sons when conditions force them to do so.

  Academic text (1994)

• In uxorilocal societies, married couples typically reside near the wife's family to strengthen family ties.

• Many cultures practice uxorilocal marriage, allowing couples to live with or near the bride's relatives.

Synonyms

M

matrilocal

vsuxorilocal

• Specialized

1 9.1

A family custom where a married couple lives with or near the wife's family

is the same concept but differs only in word form

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Etymology