单词 | clan-spirit |
释义 | > as lemmasclan-spirit attributive and in other combinations, as clan-brother, clan-feeling, clan-gathering, clan-name, clan-sister, clan-spirit, clan-system, clan-tartan, etc. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > faithfulness or trustworthiness > fidelity or loyalty > [noun] > to clan, fraternity, tribe, etc. clanship1809 clansmanship1871 clan-spirit1883 old school tie1920 tribalism1955 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > [noun] > kinship system > clan-system clanship1772 septship1812 clanism1831 clan-system1887 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinship group > clan > [noun] > member of clan > clan-brother or -sister clan-brother1932 clan-sister1942 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 141 We were to hear no more of hunting, or hosting, or clan-gatherings. 1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind x. 280 The Australians..use the clan-name as a sort of surname. 1883 G. Brodrick in 19th Cent. Nov. 912 The survival of the old clan-spirit. 1887 Athenæum 12 Mar. 345/3 To the clan system..and to ‘Celtic feudalism’, the Duke [of Argyll] ascribes all the evils of the Highlands. 1888 Daily News 17 Dec. 2/7 American, antique, and clan laces. 1932 C. G. Seligman & B. Z. Seligman Pagan Tribes Nilotic Sudan ii. 54 The relationship to the yura is dependent on that between uwa (clan-brothers), who stand in such close relationship that they have access to each other's wives. 1936 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 234 The guest is not assimilated to a clan-brother. 1942 D. C. Talayesva Sun Chief i. 32 Many of my mother's sisters and clan sisters were present. 1951 R. Firth Elements Social Organization vi. 208 Failing to sacrifice, sleeping with a clan-sister..—actions of such a kind may be difficult to deal with effectively in human terms. < as lemmas |
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