Gens
[dʒenz]
Definition
(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.
Typist: Rosa
Definition
n. in ancient Rome a clan including several families descended from a common ancestor: a tribe:—pl. Gen′tes.
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Examples
- You are not recognising an acquaintance amongst that group of jeunes gens? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- That whole evening was Madame on duty beside these jeunes gens--attentive to them as a mother, but strict with them as a dragon. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- When people stared at her, and giggled after her, she made a point of saying loudly, to Ursula: 'Regarde, regarde ces gens-la! D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Typist: Penelope