Thesaurus: gens

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1. a. 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. a. A minor subdivision of a tribe, among American aborigines. It includes those who have a common descent, and bear the same totem.
3. n. family based on male descent
4. 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.
5. A minor subdivision of a tribe, among American aborigines. Itincludes those who have a common descent, and bear the same totem.
6. n family based on male descent n informal term for information