Gentes
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Gentes may refer to:
- GensGensIn ancient Rome, a gens , plural gentes, referred to a family, consisting of all those individuals who shared the same nomen and claimed descent from a common ancestor. A branch of a gens was called a stirps . The gens was an important social structure at Rome and throughout Italy during the...
(pl. Gentes), in Ancient Rome, a family of those sharing the same nomen and a common ancestor - Gens (behaviour)Gens (behaviour)In animal behaviour, a gens or host race is a host-specific lineage of a brood parasite species. Brood parasites such as cuckoos, which use multiple host species to raise their chicks, evolve different gentes, each one specific to its host species...
(pl. Gentes), in animal behavior, a host-specific lineage of a brood parasite species - Gentes (Star Wars), a fictional planet in the Star Wars universe
- Ad GentesAd GentesAd Gentes is the Second Vatican Council's Decree on the Missionary Activity of the Church.-Conciliar vote:Passed by assembled bishops by a vote of 2,394 to 5, it was promulgated by Pope Paul VI on December 7, 1965...
, a decree by the Second Vatican Council