phyle noun. ['fʌɪli] Pl. -lai [-lʌɪ], -lae [-li:]. M19.
[Greek phulē.]
Greek History. Any of the large clans or tribes of ancient Greece, orig. based on supposed kinship and later forming political, administrative, and military units; the cavalry brigade furnished by an Attic tribe.

■ phylic adjective L19.

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