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2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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