kin *
kin group
kinship group
kindred
clan *
tribe **

Members of a kinship group collectively own land, but those who live in the village on the land control it.

Failing that, land could be transferred only within the kinship group, for example through inheritance.

It was not a kinship group in any biological sense.

The kinship groups give a sense of shared identity and descent.

This effect can be seen in many kinship groups.

Either of two kinship groups based on unilateral descent that together make up a tribe or society.

The Dictionary shows many kinship groups active in commerce and industry.

Women were in charge of the kinship groups called clans.

The tribes were organized on the basis of kinship groups.

The dadia was a kinship group whose leadership passed through the line of the eldest male, from father to son.