Tribal
['traɪb(ə)l] or ['traɪbl]
Definition
(adj.) relating to or characteristic of a tribe; 'tribal customs' .
Typist: Veronica--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to a tribe or tribes; as, a tribal scepter.
Editor: Spence
Examples
- The tribe was a big family; the nation a group of tribal families; a household often contained hundreds of people. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They are as yet a tribal people, not united under one king. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But each of such swarmings still leaves a tribal nucleus behind to supply fresh invasions in the future. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A tribal mind came into existence, a tradition. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This meteorite was regarded as a god, and all the little tribal gods of Arabia were under his protection. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The centre of their worship was a temple to the tribal god Jupiter, upon the Alban Mount. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Nationalism as a God must follow the tribal gods to limbo. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The early Semitic gods, on the other hand, were thought of as tribal patriarchs. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Man was now living in clans and tribal communities. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Men were first subjugated into more than tribal societies by the fear of monarch and deity. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He admired the tribal discipline which made May bow to this decision. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- But it was not only the intense tribal patriotism of the Jews that Jesus outraged. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The jealous pettiness that disfigures the earlier tribal ideas of God give place to a new idea of a god of universal righteousness. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Edited by Barrett