Hypertext Webster Gateway: "gens"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gens \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
gens
n : family based on male descent; "he had no sons and there was
no one to carry on his name" [syn: {name}]
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