What does tribal mean?

Definitions for tribal
ˈtraɪ bəltrib·al

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. tribaladjective

    relating to or characteristic of a tribe

    "tribal customs"

Wiktionary

  1. tribalnoun

    A design or image that has been influenced by indigenous peoples; especially such a tattoo

  2. tribaladjective

    Of, or relating to, tribes

  3. tribaladjective

    Based on or organized according to tribes.

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  1. tribal

    Tribal refers to anything relating to or characteristic of a group of people who share common customs, beliefs, and traditions, oftentimes living together in collective communities or tribes. This usually involves a shared language, culture, and social structure. The term can also refer to the political and social organization of these groups. "Tribal" may also describe behaviors or attitudes that manifest strong loyalty to one's own social group. In modern times, the term can also refer to specific styles of art, fashion, or music that draw inspiration from traditional tribal cultures.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Tribaladjective

    of or pertaining to a tribe or tribes; as, a tribal scepter

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of tribal in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of tribal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of tribal in a Sentence

  1. Kristen Orthman:

    As Senator Warren has said American Indian is not a citizen of any tribe and only tribes determine tribal citizenship. American Indian is sorry that American Indian was not more mindful of this earlier in American Indian career.

  2. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter:

    We ... determined that our equipping of the Iraqi Security Forces had proceeded too slowly, this process was earlier sometimes delayed by bureaucracy in Baghdad, but occasionally also in Washington. That is why we are now expediting delivery of essential equipment and material, like anti-tank capabilities and counter-IED equipment, to the Iraqi security forces -- including Kurdish and Sunni tribal forces.

  3. Zabiullah Amani:

    [About] 235 civilians were rescued this evening from Mirza Aolang village with the intermediation of tribal elders and [the aid] of the governor’s office.

  4. Diman Bayeez:

    I was very poor. I have schizophrenia and was just diagnosed with blood cancer, and my only daughter wasn't treating me well. I was borrowing money from people for the treatment. That was in June 2014, and she described her situation to a cab driver named Mahmoud in her home city of Kirkuk. He was ISIS and said if I joined, they would treat me well and pay me, she says. I said I would join on one condition : That they make me a suicide bomber and put me out of my misery. Mahmoud was killed fighting in Hawija, and two ISIS members found her number in his phone. She – along with her now ex-husband – were recruited. K.S. says she did not receive any formal training as a combatant, and did not pledge allegiance to ISIS, but admits that she allowed two militants to stay at her home – she now suspects that one was a spy for the Kurdish security forces. But when she was scheduled to put on the suicide vest, she got cold feet. She fled with the idea of seeking asylum in Europe, but the Kurds picked her up before she could leave. I told them I did all these bad things I didn't do because I wanted to be executed. I still wanted to die, K.S. says, saying that she attempted to kill herself in jail, too, with a kitchen knife. Now Iam thankful to God. I know I have committed no crime. Kurdish authorities beg to differ. According to the deputy manager of the correctional center, Zhino Azad, K.S. was deeply entrenched in ISIS, coordinating for their agents and being a guard at their female prisons – possibly filled with captured Yazidi sex slaves. Even her daughter, a lawyer, is terrified of her, Zhino Azad tells FoxNews.com. She is … a little psychotic. That's the type of people ISIS takes advantage of. K.S. does n’t mind prison at all. It is like heaven in this jail, she says. Here, she is safe from ISIS, is fed and receives medical treatment. I get to read the Koran all day and sleep, K.S. says with a bright smile. And I interpret dreams for the other women. A.H., a 35-year-old mother with a small tribal tattoo on the tip of her nose, also spoke to FoxNews.com. She was issued a life sentence, which was reduced to 20 years, then 15, because she has young children -- six of them who are between 5 and 16 years old. They are being looked after by the second of her husband's four wives. He is in jail now too, she says. At first, A.H. maintains that she was working at a civilian hospital that was controlled by ISIS, but that she never treated wounded fighters, but it does n’t take long for her to let her guard down, especially after the prison official with us begins wandering in and out of the room. I went to ISIS Diman Bayeez and said I would do anything, clean hospitals, if they gave me a salary – $ 260 a month, she says. So I was setting up IVs and injections for the fighters. While she admits to having sworn allegiance to the Caliphate, A.H. also claims she was a spy for Iraqi intelligence, and, fearful that ISIS members would find out, she fled to Kurdistan in early 2016. We have problems, especially with the new prisoners, radicalizing others, so we try to keep the terrorists separate. - Diman Bayeez, manager of the Women and Childrens Prison of Erbil She says all evidence of her spying was taken from her at an Iraqi Army checkpoint. Of course I regret [ helping ISIS ]. But my family was hungry. My husband was old, she pleads. I feel betrayed. They took my phone, my proof I was helping them. They all say they aren't guilty.

  5. Melanie Benjamin:

    If you are told from Day One that you are that tribal person and that tribal home, that's who you are. And Day One's the simplest way to explain that, day One's what I told her. If you respect Indian country, we respect you.

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