Definition for Tribe (-s)

tribe (-s), n. [ME tribu.]

  1. Clan; extended family; group of people; relatives who live together; those who share common traditions, ancestors, and homelands; [fig.] family groups in a cemetery plot.
  2. House of Israel (see Exodus 16:31); twelve family groups that descended from the patriarch Jacob and his wives (see Genesis 49).

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