"uxorilocal" meaning in English

See uxorilocal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From Latin uxor (“wife”) + local. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|uxor||wife}} Latin uxor (“wife”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} uxorilocal (not comparable)
  1. (anthropology) Matrilocal. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Anthropology Derived forms: uxorilocality, uxorilocally
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          "ref": "1969, Georges Perec, translated by Gilbert Adair, A Void:",
          "text": "In Gogni (Chad) a Sokoro, clad in his traditional tunic, a tunic as long as a raglan coat such as a snobbishly insular Parisian might sport whilst on safari, paid a visit to a son of his who was living in Mokulu as a willing victim of an unusual (and, until now, unknown) marital status constituting a paradoxical - or, as anthropologists say, \"uxorilocal\" - form of subjugation.",
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