From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Anthropologytribaltrib‧al /ˈtraɪbəl/ ●○○ adjective [usually before noun]SArelating to a tribe or tribes
a tribal dance
tribal culturesExamples from the Corpustribal• This conclusion is based on studies of human society, both modern and tribal, and on comparisons with apes and birds.• William Fagg, ethnologist and historian of tribalart, died London, 10 July aged seventy-eight.• But much of it also went into the unbridled and anachronistic opulence of the royal family and the main tribal chiefs.• But repeated over and over in tribalcouncils, it soon took on the power of dogma.• tribal councils• The provinces are based upon the ancienttribalhomelands whose people were ruled by their own chieftains.• Many Aborigines become disorientated as tribal societies crumble and black independenceerodes further - they have become a marginalizedminority.• It was the largest movement of peoples since the tribal wanderings of the first millennium.• tribalwarfare
