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Example sentences for: clans

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Johnston we learn that fraochdearg was the badge of clan MacDougal; fraoch-geal (white heather) the badge of the MacDonnells; and fraoch gorm the badge worn by clans MacDonald, MacNab, MacIntyre, and MacAlister, which practice could have been rather confusing during periods of clan warfare.
In 1868 the Satsuma and Choshu clans, never a real threat to Tokugawa authority as long as they remained rivals, joined forces to overthrow the shogun and restore the authority of the emperor, the 14-year-old Mitsuhito.
At the same time, marauding Scottish clans began to attack the Lakes.
The unique piazza’s red-brick herringbone paving/pavement is divided by nine marble strips for the nine patrician clans that ruled the city at the end of the 13th century.
Now angry former wives are organizing outreach groups, and vast polygamous clans are facing charges of pedophilia and sexual abuse.