||Gens (j&ebreve;nz), n.; pl. Gentes (j&ebreve;n"tēz). [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.
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