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gens
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Word definitions for gens in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. family based on male descent; "he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name" [syn: name ] [also: gentes (pl)]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Gens , also spelled as I Gens , was an Italian pop band best known for the songs "In fondo al viale" and "Per chi".
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gens \Gens\ (j[e^]nz), n.; pl. Gentes (j[e^]n"t[=e]z). [L. See Gentle , a.] (Rom. Hist.) 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 ...
Usage examples of gens.
Euntes ergo docete omnes gentes baptizantes eos in nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti, docentes eos observare omnia quaecumque mandavi vobis, etc.
Among the Teton many groups which were originally sections have become gentes, for the marriage laws do not affect the original phratries, gentes, and subgentes.
Dakota new gentes have been formed by the adoption into the tribe of foreigners, i.
Ponka tribe are considered to be the warriors of the tribe, though members of other gentes have participated in war.
Two Boilings or Two Kettles, Charger knew the names of only two gentes, which he gave to Reverend H.
Oglala gentes was obtained in 1879 from Reverend John Robinson and confirmed in 1880 by a member of the tribe.
Osage gentes as two, in order to have not more than seven gentes on the right side of the tribal circle.
The members of the four gentes of soldiers or policemen meet in council and decide on the time for departure.
Meantime men of different gentes bring cedar, stones, etc, and perform their respective ceremonies.
At the same time the women of the other gentes are blessed in like manner by the headmen of their respective gentes.
Iowa camping circle was divided into two half-circles, occupied by two phratries of four gentes each.
The author is indebted to the late Reverend William Hamilton for a list of the Iowa gentes, obtained in 1880 during a visit to the tribe.
While they have gentes, they have no camping circle, as their priscan habitat was in a forest region.
Quis non plangeret, cum videret flentes Tot honestos nobiles, tam diversas gentes, Cum Thuringis Saxones illuc venientes, Ut viderent socios suos abscedentes.
The membership is composed of men from all the Hano gentes, but not all of any one gens.