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... tribe [Lat. tribus : the tripartite division of Romans into Latins Sabines and Etruscans] a social group bound by common ancestry and ties of consanguinity and affinity; a common language and territory; and characterized by a political and economic organization intermediate between small family -based bands and larger chiefdoms.

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