'Gens' definitions:
Definition of 'gens'
(from WordNet)
noun
Family based on male descent; "he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name" [syn: name, gens]
Definition of 'Gens'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Ethnol.) A minor subdivision of a tribe, among American aborigines. It includes those who have a common descent, and bear the same totem. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'gens'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- animal kingdom,
- ashram,
- blood,
- body,
- breed,
- brood,
- caste,
- clan,
- class,
- colony,
- commonwealth,
- commune,
- community,
- deme,
- economic class,
- endogamous group,
- extended family,
- family,
- folk,
- house,
- kind,
- kinship group,
- line,
- lineage,
- matriclan,
- moiety,
- nation,
- nuclear family,
- order,
- patriclan,
- people,
- phratria,
- phratry,
- phyle,
- plant kingdom,
- race,
- sept,
- settlement,
- social class,
- society,
- species,
- stem,
- stirps,
- stock,
- strain,
- subcaste,
- totem,
- tribe
Words containing 'Gens'
- -gen,
- gen,
- gen x,
- Gens d'armes