of, relating to, or characteristic of a tribe: tribal customs in Indonesia.
designating, characterized by, or relating to a strong sense of loyalty to one’s own tribe, party, or group: Tribal politics can be divisive and counterproductive.
Potts ran the law enforcement program for the Tanana Chiefs Conference, a Fairbanks-based tribal nonprofit.
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The commission is providing donated seeds and advice for folks with home plots, community farms, and tribal gardens.
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Earlier this year, the federal government blasted through Arizona’s Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument to build the border wall, which contains ancestral grounds sacred to the Tohono O’odham Nation, and failed to consult with tribal leaders.
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Right now, I’m in the process of talking with tribal leadership about what environmental programs we might want to look into.
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“He was a brave field commander and an expert in intelligence, and in organizing popular and tribal forces,” said the eulogist.
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In tribal areas, such legitimacy cannot be gained while Assad in power.
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Killer also noted that there are some tribal elections on the same day.
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The drones bombing the tribal area, angering many, are run by the Company.
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A lot of my family has been in tribal leadership, in tribal government, and they did what they were supposed to do.
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He wrought a state out of tribal kinship and fostered an independence and self-reliance which no oppression could destroy.
Optimism|Helen Keller
In a tribal war the less honest, the more crafty, tribe generally remains in possession of the battlefield.
The Confession of a Fool|August Strindberg
In those days it had three hundred rounds of ammunition, which were utilised in tribal fights.
The Siege of Mafeking (1900)|J. Angus Hamilton.
They felt unwilling to risk the dangers of tribal dissension after the death of Samuel, and therefore they sought for a king.
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The Master said, Be faithful and true of word, plain and lowly in thy walk; thou wilt get on even in tribal lands.
The Sayings Of Confucius|Confucius
British Dictionary definitions for tribal
tribal
/ (ˈtraɪbəl) /
adjective
of or denoting a tribe or tribestribal chiefs in northern Yemen
displaying loyalty to a tribe, group, or tribal valuesthe tribal loyalties of Labour MPs