gens
noun
a group of families in ancient Rome claiming descent from a common ancestor and united by a common name and common ancestral religious rites.
subgens
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a word derived from
gens.
Example Sentences
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The leader of the Bald Eagle subgens did so.
From Osage Traditions by James Owen Dorsey
A small section of a village, generally a gens or a subgens, moves away from the parent village, perhaps only a few miles.
From Aboriginal Remains in Verde Valley, Arizona Thirteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1891-92, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1896, pages 179-262 by Cosmos Mindeleff
Tsepa ʞaxe of the Wasape gens said that it formed the fourth subgens of his own people.
From Siouan Sociology by James Owen Dorsey
The Wasabe-hit`ajĭ subgens of the ¢atada was divided into four sections: Black-bear, Raccoon, Grizzly-bear, and Porcupine.
From Siouan Sociology by James Owen Dorsey
