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Definition of Tribes

Tribe
Tribe Tribe, v. t. To distribute into tribes or classes. [R.] Our fowl, fish, and quadruped are well tribed. --Abp. Nicolson.
Tribe
Tribe Tribe, n. [L. tribus, originally, a third part of the Roman people, afterwards, a division of the people, a tribe; of uncertain origin: cf. F. tribu.] 1. A family, race, or series of generations, descending from the same progenitor, and kept distinct, as in the case of the twelve tribes of Israel, descended from the twelve sons of Jacob. ``The Lion of the tribe of Juda.' --Rev. v. 5. A wealthy Hebrew of my tribe. --Shak. 2. (Bot.) A number of species or genera having certain structural characteristics in common; as, a tribe of plants; a tribe of animals. Note: By many recent naturalists, tribe has been used for a group of animals or plants intermediate between order and genus.

Meaning of Tribes from wikipedia

- debate has accompanied efforts to define and characterize tribes. In the po****r imagination, tribes reflect a primordial social structure from which all subsequent...
- The Twelve Tribes of Israel (Hebrew: שִׁבְטֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל‎, romanized: Šīḇṭēy Yīsrāʾēl, lit. 'Tribes of Israel') are, according to Hebrew scriptures, the...
- constitution. Scheduled Tribes As per Article 366 (25) of Constitution of India the Scheduled Tribes is defined as; Such tribes or tribal communities or...
- these tribes continue to meet regularly on a quarterly basis in their Inter-Tribal Council of the Five Civilized Tribes. The descendants of these tribes, who...
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- The Ten Lost Tribes were the ten of the Twelve Tribes of Israel that were said to have been exiled from the Kingdom of Israel after its conquest by the...
- The tribes of Arabia (Arabic: قبائل الجزيرة العربية) or Arab tribes (القبائل العربية) denote ethnic Arab tribes originating in the Arabian Peninsula....
- from ZTT or eventual producer Trevor Horn. Two Tribes (Peel Sessions 1982) excerpt An excerpt from Two Tribes (Peel Sessions 1982) Problems playing this file...
- Denotified Tribes are the tribes in India that were listed originally under the Criminal Tribes Act of 1871, as Criminal Tribes and "addicted to the systematic...
- The Pashtun tribes (Pashto: پښتانه قبايل), are tribes of the Pashtun people, a large Eastern Iranian ethnic group who speak the Pashto language and follow...