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Definition of: gens
(jenz) noun plural gen·tes (jen′tēz)
1. Anthropol. In primitive society, a body of blood kindred having a common gentile name, and distinguished by a totem or crest.
2. In Roman antiquity, a clan or house composed of several families having a common ancestor; a subdivision of a tribe. [<L]
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