[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- Any of various social groups or political divisions within a community, based on or sustained by ties of kinship; a tribe, a clan; especially a major political division in Attica created by the reforms of Cleisthenes (507 b.c.) and having various administrative, military, and social functions.

- A cavalry unit provided and manned by an Attic phyle.


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 19th century. From ancient Greek ϕυλή tribe, clan, political division in Attica, cavalry unit provided by a phyle from an extended form of the same Indo-European base as ancient Greek ϕύειν to bring forth, to make grow