0 a group of families, especially in Scotland, who originally came from the same family and have the same name
1 a family, esp. a large group of people who are related:
Is the whole clan gathering at your house for Thanksgiving?
The term hyopho is often mentioned in connection with the b problems of regional clans that falsified registers and hid households and inhabitants.
Increased commercial opportunity led to increased competition and conflict among the different clans maneuvering to profit from the river trade.
The head of a sub-clan's interest in land was expressed by granting permission to the members to cultivate the plots.
Moreover, clans and lineages have in some cases been shown to be trans-ethnic entities that in terms of stability even surpass ethnic identities.
Instead, there were rival clans, sinister characters of all descriptions and, last but not least, witch trials.
Various pacts, covenants, and treaties among nations, tribes, clans, and individuals are captured through language.
The chiefs of the current administrative villages were elected from within their neighbourhood clans, where the defeated candidates were automatically appointed as capitas.
He knew that apprenticeships were generally reserved for the sons of papermaking clans.
