01 n. A clan or family connection, embracing several families of the same stock, who had a common name and certain common religious rites; a subd…
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Gentes ((jĕn"tēz))
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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.(Rom. Hist.)
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A minor subdivision of a tribe, among American aborigines. It includes those who have a common descent, and bear the same totem.(Ethnol.)