About The Word Gens
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Gens
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What's The Definition Of Gens?
[n] family based on male descent; "he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Gens: name Related Terms | Find terms related to Gens: animal kingdom | ashram | blood | body | breed | brood | caste | clan | class | colony | commonwealth | commune | community | deme | economic class | endogamous group | extended family | family | folk | house | kind | kinship group | line | lineage | matriclan | moiety | nation | nuclear family | order | patriclan | people | phratria | phratry | phyle | plant kingdom | race | sept | settlement | social class | society | species | stem | stirps | stock | strain | subcaste | totem | tribe See Also | family | family line | folk | kinfolk | kinsfolk | phratry | sept Gens In Webster's Dictionary \Gens\ (j[e^]nz), n.; pl. {Gentes} (j[e^]n"t[=e]z). [L. See
{Gentle}, a.] (Rom. Hist.)
1. A clan or family connection, embracing several families of
the same stock, who had a common name and certain common
religious rites; a subdivision of the Roman curia or
tribe.
2. (Ethnol.) A minor subdivision of a tribe, among American
aborigines. It includes those who have a common descent,
and bear the same totem.
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