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cenél

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cenél, cenéoil (gen.), cenéuil (gen.), ceníuil (gen.). An OIr. word usually glossed as ‘race, tribe, nation, or kindred’. It was used to describe an aristocratic descent group in both early Ireland and Gaelic Scotland. Among the best-known groups under this distinction were the Cenél Conaill or Tír Chonaill (Tirconnell or Donegal) and the Cenél Eógain of Tír Eógain (Tirowen or Tyrone). Cf. W cenedl [race, nation]. See DÁL; DERBFHINE. See also T. M. Charles-Edwards, Early Irish and Welsh Kinship (Oxford and New York, 1993).

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CENEL

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CENEL European Electrical Standards Coordinating Committee

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FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "CENEL." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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