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What is the noun for gentes?

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gens
  1. (Ancient Rome) A legally defined unit of Roman society, being a collection of people related through a common ancestor by birth, marriage or adoption, possibly over many generations, and sharing the same nomen gentilicium.
  2. (anthropology) A tribal subgroup whose members are characterized by having the same descent, usually along the male line.
  3. Synonyms:
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gentes
  1. plural of gens
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  3. Examples:
    1. “If the Pawnees are organized in gentes, presumptively the other tribes are the same.”
      “In the early days of Rome many gentes had each their own sacellum for the performance of their religious rites.”
      “Among the Australians the gentes of the Kamilaroi have already been noticed.”
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