Gens

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解釋/意思:

(a.) 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.

(a.) A minor subdivision of a tribe, among American aborigines. It includes those who have a common descent, and bear the same totem.

整理:罗莎

解釋/意思:

n. in ancient Rome a clan including several families descended from a common ancestor: a tribe:—pl. Gen′tes.

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