Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The tie of consanguinity or blood-relationship.

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Examples

  • DarkRiver was part of her soul through her blood-bond to Lucas, but her packmates were part of the very fabric of her heart.

    Archive 2009-09-01 Nalini Singh 2009

  • DarkRiver was part of her soul through her blood-bond to Lucas, but her packmates were part of the very fabric of her heart.

    Deleted Scene from Branded By Fire Nalini Singh 2009

  • The blood-bond, Poppy thought when James raised his head at last.

    Night World No. 1 L.J. Smith 1996

  • The blood-bond, Poppy thought when James raised his head at last.

    Night World No. 1 L.J. Smith 1996

  • The internal alerts of both her blade and her blood-bond were nigh-unbearable, and she hardly dared contemplate what that meant to Tarma's well-being.

    The Oathbound Lackey, Mercedes 1988

  • O'ertaken by death, for thee blood-bond is no refuge.

    Psalms of the Sisters Caroline Augusta Foley Rhys 1909

  • "The blood-bond is between us," assented the other, heartily enough, and yet knitting his brows as he spoke.

    The Doomsman Van Tassel Sutphen 1903

  • But in hoping to conceal her tragedy Rose Mary had not counted on the light love throws across the dark places that confront the steps of those of our blood-bond, and in an instant Uncle Tucker's torch of comprehension flamed high with the passion of indignation.

    Rose of Old Harpeth Maria Thompson Daviess 1898

  • Perhaps his Polynesian relative is simple, and conceived the blood-bond literally; perhaps he is shrewd, and himself entered the covenant with a view to gain.

    In the South Seas Robert Louis Stevenson 1872

  • Did I not recollect what Kalee told me about the blood-bond?

    Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIII Alexander Leighton 1837

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