氏族的英文：
clan

Many libraries specialize in genealogy
许多图书馆专门收藏氏族家谱。

It was the instrument of government as well as the supreme authority over the gens, the tribe, and the confederacy.
它是处理政治事物的机构，又是统驭氏族，部落和部落联盟的最高权力机构。

To preserve and pass on this dance, the clan must have someone to master, rehearse, and organize the dance.
为了保存、传承这种舞蹈，氏族中就必须有乐舞的掌握者、排练者和组织者。

The Campbell clan/the clan Campbell
坎贝尔氏族.

tribal - clan religion
氏族－部落宗教

The primitive clan gradually broke up.
原始氏族逐渐解体。

An exogamous patrilineal clan.
一个异族通婚的父系氏族

A gentile name conferred of itself gentile rights
一个氏族成员的名字就赋予它本身以氏族成员的权力。

A group of related persons, as a clan or tribe.
种族有亲戚关系的一群人，如氏族或部落

The humbler gentes had their common rites.
卑微的氏族有其共同仪典。

This clan is often unfair.
这种集团主义通常是不公正的。

A group of related persons, as a clan or tribe.
种族有亲戚关系的一群人，如氏族或部落

The primitive clan gradually broke up.
原始氏族逐渐解体。

The men mustered before their clan chiefs.
男人们聚集在族长们面前。

In the history, Pingfeng Village once had proper clan structure. It had Shaikh (who is in charge), pedigree, clan fields, clan regulations, clan hall, and clan culture which is represented by dragon lantern.
历史上，屏风村曾经存在过严格意义上的宗族组织，有族长(管事的)、族谱、族田、族规、宗祠以及以龙灯文化为代表的宗族文化。