tribe

A unit of sociopolitical organization consisting of a number of families, clans, or other groups who share a common ancestry and culture and among whom leadership is typically neither formalized nor permanent.

A political, ethnic, or ancestral division of ancient states and cultures, especially.

Any of the three divisions of the ancient Romans, namely, the Latin, Sabine, and Etruscan.

Any of the 12 divisions of ancient Israel.

A phyle of ancient Greece.

A group of people sharing an occupation, interest, or habit.

A large family.

A taxonomic category ranking below a family or subfamily and above a genus and usually containing several genera.

To distribute into tribes or classes.

In Roman history, one of the three patrician orders, or original political divisions of the people of ancient Rome, the Ramnes, Tities, and Luceres, representing respectively, according to tradition, the separate Latin, Sabine, and Etruscan settlements, having at their union equal representation in the senate, and retaining their distinctive names for several centuries.