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Definition of Gens
1. Noun. Family based on male descent. "He had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name"
Definition of Gens
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.
Definition of Gens
1. Abbreviation. generations ¹
2. Noun. A legally defined unit of Roman society closest in meaning to and translated by English clan, but not identical to it. The gens was a collection of families whose members were related by birth, marriage or adoption. All the families were considered to have descended from a common clan ancestor although in cases where the time from the ancestor to the contemporary time was great the kinship was more remote than is meant by the English term "related." In such cases the legal definition still prevailed. ¹
3. Noun. (anthropology) a tribal subgroup whose members are characterized by having the same descent, usually along the male line ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gens
1. a type of clan [n GENTES] - See also: clan
Medical Definition of Gens
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Origin: L. See Gentle.
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.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gens
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