tribal custom

collocation in English

meaningsoftribalandcustom

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tribal
adjective
uk
/ˈtraɪ.bəl/us
/ˈtraɪ.bəl/
relating to ...
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custom
noun
uk
/ˈkʌs.təm/us
/ˈkʌs.təm/
a way of behaving or a belief that has been established for a ...
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(Definition oftribalandcustomfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The statements made by the delegation were not accurate abouttribalcustomon that point.
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His family claimed the body themselves asserting longstandingtribalcustom.
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Of course, such marriages are not solemnized followingtribalcustom.
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No person who is farming his own land undertribalcustomis being deprived of his land rights.
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Indeed, he said that the statements made by the delegation about thetribalcustomwere not correct.
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Everybody knows what should be the amount as per thetribalcustom.
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His lavish spending was legendary: he doled out money at banquets in keeping withtribalcustom.
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Perhaps nobody appreciated at that time that they had religions of their own which were very old and based ontribalcustom.
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It may well be that this has to be examined, but it has been used also in support oftribalcustom.
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The number of such children is unknown, since they are, bytribalcustom, usually taken in and cared for within their own clans.
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Before 1900 there was atribalcustomthat when a young man could persuade his family to allow him to do so, he would get married.
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Therefore, there was notribalcustomshown by that—practically the opposite—but that when the chief wants to marry a principal wife, he has to consult the tribe.
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Tribal governments were basically relegated to settling disputes between tribal members based ontribalcustom, and being a conduit for federally sponsored community support.
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