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Definition of Gens

Gens
Gens Gens (j[e^]nz), n.; pl. Gentes (j[e^]n"t[=e]z). [L. See Gentle, a.] (Rom. Hist.) 1. 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. 2. (Ethnol.) A minor subdivision of a tribe, among American aborigines. It includes those who have a common descent, and bear the same totem.

Meaning of Gens from wikipedia

- In ancient Rome, a gens (/ɡɛns/ or /dʒɛnz/, Latin: [gẽːs]; pl.: gentes [ˈgɛnteːs]) was a family consisting of individuals who shared the same nomen gentilicium...
- Genesis and Mega Drive emulators have been produced, including GenEM, KGen, Genecyst, VGen, Gens, and Kega Fusion. The GameTap subscription gaming service...
- Look up Gen, gen, -gen, or gen- in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Gen is most commonly seen as a contraction (such as Gen.) and it may refer to: Book...
- Xavier Gens (French: [ɡzavje ʒɑ̃s]; born on (1975-04-27)27 April 1975) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer. Gens directed three short...
- teller reads Gens's palm, but is a phony. Gens pays him anyway and tells him to get a real job. Weiskopf, a former factory worker, approaches Gens with a plan...
- government project, which is in actuality a prison-like testing ground on "gen-active" teens. The teens make their escape, but not before they manifest...
- The gens Orchia or Orcia was a minor plebeian family at Rome. Few members of this gens held Roman magistracies, of whom the most notable was probably Gaius...
- The gens Julia was one of the most prominent patrician families in ancient Rome. Members of the gens attained the highest dignities of the state in the...
- The gens Antonia was a Roman family of great antiquity, with both patrician and plebeian branches. The first of the gens to achieve prominence was Titus...
- Gens' parti****tion in the Polish–Lithuanian War and the completion of his secondary schooling earned Gens a promotion to senior lieutenant. Gens was...