A unilineal descent group or category whose numbers trace patrilineal descent (patriclan) or matrilineal descent (matriclan) from an apicle ancestor/ancestress , but do not know the genealogical links that connect them to this apical ancestor
You can refer to a group of people with the same interests as a clan. a powerful clan of industrialists from Monterrey. Kinship group based on actual or purported descent from a common ancestor, as traced through the male (patriclan) or the female (matriclan) line. Clans are normally exogamous, marriage within the clan being regarded as incest. Clans may segment into subclans or lineages, and genealogical records and myths may be altered to incorporate new members who lack kinship ties with the clan. Clan membership may be useful in ensuring mutual support and defense as well as in the mediation of disputes over property rights and the mode of residence after marriage. Some clans express their unity by means of a common emblem. See also exogamy and endogamy
Usually refers to a grouping or pod of like forms exploring the same interest Also can be used as collective parts of the self exploring similar interests A social architectural unit of a society that includes several villages, bands that share common interests, purpose or it usually has a similar family bloodline and is usually recognized by a similar totem, name or location
extended family group consisting of all those people descended from a common ancestor (from a common male ancestor if the family is patrilineal; from a common female ancestor if the family is matrilineal )
Any number of covens who have agreed to follow the same kinds of rules, which spring from one central governing source A clan has a single leader, and within the democratic clan governing system he or she had the power to veto proposals or actions of the group
From Gaelic clann, 'family, 'pronounced 'clown' or 'clon', in Scottish usage an anglicised term referring to a dominant ruling kingroup, employed by social anthropologists to denote a lineage-based group, but also used generally in a non-technical sense to mean any powerful family group, and in Ireland to denote a Scottish-influenced convivial association of individuals bearing a common surname
A local group of kin Clans exist within tribal groups Each clan possesses its own songs, crests, regalia and rights to certain hunting, fishing, trapping and harvesting territories
A large group of people believed to be descendants through males of a common ancestor whose name is also the name of the clan Several clans constitute a clan-family (q v ), and each clan is divided into a number of lineages (q v )
an alliance of approximately 6-12 network shooter players who often fight united against other players or clans Clans usually have their own web sites and trademark skins
A group of related families in the Scottish Highlands A clan consists of a group of families with the same name or several family groups claiming a common ancestor and following the same hereditary leader
A tribe or collection of families, united under a chieftain, regarded as having the same common ancestor, and bearing the same surname; as, the clan of Macdonald
A kinship defined (familial) and estate owning group Such groups speak and own their own langauge and also own knowledge, objects, designs, paintings and songs associated with that clan estate Clan descent is claimed from a common ancestor (in a similar fashion as the Scots) There are over 40 such clans in eastern Arnhem Land
A social group based on a shared common ancestry A clan is distinguished from a lineage in that a clan merely claims common ancestry and may have several lineages; a lineage can be traced to a common progenitor Several clans may combine into a larger social group called a phratry