noun, feminine/kɔ.tʁi/plural: coteries
feudal community of peasants; coterie, clique, cabal, faction (small, exclusive group of individuals advancing shared interests)
“esprit de coterie” — factionalism
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *kutąder. Old English cotbor. Medieval Latin coteriabor. French coterie Borrowed from Medieval Latin coteria, from Old English cot.