It is an arid, tribal (segmentary-lineage) system.    From Wordnik.com.  [OpEdNews - Quicklink: Top Republican Myths About the Crotch Bomber Affair] Reference

(Anthropologists call such tribes “segmentary lineages.”).    From Wordnik.com.  [Tribes of Terror « Isegoria] Reference

Pashtuns are commonly referenced as the world's largest segmentary society.    From Wordnik.com.  [Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier] Reference

Issues of segmentation are linked to ethnography of tribal societies that fall within two main subtypes in Islamic societies, egalitarian or segmentary tribes, and hierarchical chieftaincies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier] Reference

A tribe is formally defined as a "segmentary lineage," a kinship network organized by branching lines of descent from a common ancestor, with the most-direct male-line descendants holding the greatest prestige.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sheiky Lineages] Reference

In some of these genealogies, Lohanis are represented as structurally complementary kindred to the Lodis and Suris, and all three stand in structural opposition to Ghalzis who in turn appear opposed in relation to Durranis, thus reflecting the structural tensions and dynamics at work in this "segmentary society.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier] Reference

A general description of the distinctive physical features of migratory locusts might be given as a strong, wild-looking head, a strong collar inside which the neck moves, powerful and peculiarly-formed legs attached to a short, strong, square trunk or thorax, four wings, two antennae or feelers, six legs, and a long segmentary abdomen.    From Wordnik.com.  [Argentina from a British Point of View] Reference

The destinies here seen segmentary will appear full circle beyond the grave.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life] Reference

In the same way, the segmentary structure of society is more and more overlaid by the other, but without ever disappearing completely.    From Wordnik.com.  [Introduction to the Science of Sociology] Reference

The tribes 'segmentary politics, whereby they pursue internal feuds with one another, can quickly be put aside to unite against a grasping or belligerent outsider.    From Wordnik.com.  [happening-here?] Reference

"The Ballet," painted by Francis Maynard, while above the middle of the opening, in a segmentary arch, was an allegory, with Apollo as the central figure, by Francis Lathrop.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time] Reference

Burton Stein (1980) applied the theory of "segmentary state", evolved in African anthropology, to medieval South India, and this became a signal for its application, notably by A.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bloggers.Pakistan] Reference