Tribe - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Tribe :  (noun)
1: a social division of (usually preliterate) people [syn: folk]
2: a federation (as of American Indians) [syn: federation of tribes]
3: (biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily
4: group of people related by blood or marriage [syn: kin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Tribe : \Tribe\, v. t. To distribute into tribes or classes. [R.]

Our fowl, fish, and quadruped are well tribed. --Abp. Nicolson.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

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.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Tribe :  a collection of families descending from one ancestor. The "twelve tribes" of the Hebrews were the twelve collections of families which sprang from the sons of Jacob. In Matt. 24:30 the word has a wider significance. The tribes of Israel are referred to as types of the spiritual family of God (Rev. 7). (See ISRAEL, KINGDOM OF; JUDAH, KINGDOM OF.)



Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Example Usage of Tribe

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