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gens
gens is a 4-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 7 · 3 senses
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- 1adjective
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.
- 2adjective
A minor subdivision of a tribe, among American aborigines. It includes those who have a common descent, and bear the same totem.
- 3noun
family based on male descent
"he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name"
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