patrilocal residence

Definition of Patrilocal Residence

(noun) When a husband and wife live with or near the husband’s family.

Example of Patrilocal Residence

• Two heterosexual university students get married and move near the male partner’s family.

Patrilocal Residence Pronunciation

Pronunciation Usage Guide

Syllabification: pat·ri·lo·cal res·i·dence

Audio Pronunciation

Usage Notes

• Plural: patrilocal residences
• In contrast to patrilocal residence, a matrilocal residence is when a husband and wife live with or near the wife’s family, an avunculocal residence is when a husband and wife live with or near the husband’s maternal uncle, bilocal residence is when a husband and wife can live with or near either spouses’ family or alternate between families, duolocal residence is when a married couple live at separate locations and typically only come together to conceive children, and a neolocal residence is when a married couple live together in a new residence instead of with the husband’s family or the wife’s family.
• The residency requirement to live with or near the family of either spouse is called a unilocal rule.
• A marriage that requires a patrilocal residence is called a patrilocal marriage.
• A patrimatrilocal residence is when a couple first lives with the husband’s family and then after a period of time, the wife’s family.
• Variant spelling: patri-local residence
• Also called:
  • patrilocality
  • virolocal residence
  • virolocality
• When spouses live with the husband’s family they are living (adjective) patrilocal or (adjective) patrilocally.

Additional Information

• Family and Kinship Resources – Books, Journals, and Helpful Links
• Word origin of “patrilocal” and “residence” – Online Etymology Dictionary: etymonline.com

Related Terms

• avunculocal residence
• bilocal residence
• duolocal residence
• extended family
• family of orientation
• family of procreation
• marriage
• matrilocal residence
• neolocal residence
• unilocal rule

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Works Consulted

Griffiths, Heather, Nathan Keirns, Eric Strayer, Susan Cody-Rydzewski, Gail Scaramuzzo, Tommy Sadler, Sally Vyain, Jeff Bry, Faye Jones. 2016. Introduction to Sociology 2e. Houston, TX: OpenStax.

Cite the Definition of Patrilocal Residence

ASA – American Sociological Association (5th edition)

Bell, Kenton, ed. 2014. “patrilocal residence.” In Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Retrieved December 14, 2024 (https://sociologydictionary.org/patrilocal-residence/).

APA – American Psychological Association (6th edition)

patrilocal residence. (2014). In K. Bell (Ed.), Open education sociology dictionary. Retrieved from https://sociologydictionary.org/patrilocal-residence/

Chicago/Turabian: Author-Date – Chicago Manual of Style (16th edition)

Bell, Kenton, ed. 2014. “patrilocal residence.” In Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Accessed December 14, 2024. https://sociologydictionary.org/patrilocal-residence/.

MLA – Modern Language Association (7th edition)

“patrilocal residence.” Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Ed. Kenton Bell. 2014. Web. 14 Dec. 2024. <https://sociologydictionary.org/patrilocal-residence/>.