Found 2 items, similar to Gentes.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: gentes gens n : family based on male descent; “he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name” [syn: name] [also: gentes (pl)] gentes See gens
English → English (gcide) Definition: Gentes 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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Ethnol.) A minor subdivision of a tribe, among American aborigines. It includes those who have a common descent, and bear the same totem. [1913 Webster]