Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Descended from a common ancestor; consanguineous: as, “the Consanguine Family,”
- noun One of the same blood as, or related by birth to, another.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective related by blood; descended from a common ancestor; -- used as a term of relation between two people.
- adjective (Law) having the same father but different mothers; -- contrasted with
uterine{2} german
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Related bybirth or "by blood,"i.e. having closeancestors in common .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective related by blood
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Examples
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In law, the term consanguine is used in place of agnate.
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It was just the latest in a long arc of confrontations between the consanguine of the South Pacific mote, and floating weeds that forever wash onto these shores.
Richard Bangs: Skullduggery on Easter Island (Part I of II) Richard Bangs 2011
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Loudon, Kate, Martha and Rufus are the bards of kith and kin, the troubadours of the consanguine.
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It is now known that royalty was not handed down by women, even though consanguine marriages strengthened the throne.
Exhibit of Egyptian Queens Jan 2008
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She can be seen beside the sovereign for the purpose of performing rites: sister or daughter of the king problem of incest and of consanguine marriages.
Exhibit of Egyptian Queens Jan 2008
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It is now known that royalty was not handed down by women, even though consanguine marriages strengthened the throne.
Archive 2008-08-01 Jan 2008
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She can be seen beside the sovereign for the purpose of performing rites: sister or daughter of the king problem of incest and of consanguine marriages.
Archive 2008-08-01 Jan 2008
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Proscriptions on who may marry, such as preventing consanguine marriages, can be easily understood by referring to the procreative potential of marriage.
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Op Ed: Proscriptions on who may marry, such as preventing consanguine marriages, can be easily understood by referring to the procreative potential of marriage.
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Quos Sweno, paterni illorum menti oblitus consanguine� pietatis more accepit, puellamque Ruthenorum regi Waldemaro, (qui & ipse Iarislaus a suis est appellatus) nuptum dedit.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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