GENS

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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.
n.

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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