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gens    Audio Help   [jenz] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural gen·tes    Audio Help   [jen-teez] Pronunciation Key.
1.a group of families in ancient Rome claiming descent from a common ancestor and united by a common name and common ancestral religious rites.
2.Anthropology. a group tracing common descent in the male line; clan.
[Origin: 1840–50; < L géns race, people. See genus, gender1, gender2]
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gens    Audio Help   (jěnz)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. gen·tes (jěn'tēz')
  1. A patrilineal clan of ancient Rome composed of several families of the same name claiming a common ancestor and belonging to a common religious cult.
  2. Anthropology An exogamous patrilineal clan.


[Latin gēns; see genə- in Indo-European roots.]

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gen·tes    Audio Help   (jěn'tēz')  Pronunciation Key 
n.   Plural of gens.

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