tribe : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: tribe	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for tribe
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tribe n a social division of (usually preliterate) people [syn: tribe, folk] a federation (as of American Indians) Synonym(s): tribe, federation of tribes (biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily group of people related by blood or marriage Synonym(s): kin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan, tribe
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tribe \Tribe\, v. t. To distribute into tribes or classes. [R.] Our fowl, fish, and quadruped are well tribed. --Abp. Nicolson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. [bd]The Lion of the tribe of Juda.[b8] --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.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
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}.)