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Gens
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Gens (-tis, f.) est conlectio vel societas humana qui sibi agnoverunt et fere credunt se e stirpe eadem ortos esse (Smith 1986). Cuidam genti ab aliis gentibus identificatio quoque interest ut gens fiat definita ab aliis. Gentes quoque se definiunt ritibus, lingua, cultura, et institutis communibus.
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