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1. (n.) 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. (n.) A minor subdivision of a tribe, among American aborigines. It includes those who have a common descent, and bear the same totem.

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animal kingdom ashram blood body breed brood caste clan class colony commonwealth commune community deme economic class endogamous group extended family family folk house kind kinship group line lineage matriclan moiety nation nuclear family order patriclan people phratria phratry phyle plant kingdom race sept settlement social class society species stem stirps stock strain subcaste totem tribe
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

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