alleryStart learning →A special relationship between a man and his sisters' children is known as what?
ASororate
BAvunculate
CMoiety
DLevirate
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Avunculate
A social institution of special ties between a man and his sisters' children is called the avunculate.
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