consanguineal

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In North America, marriages between consanguineal kin are strongly discouraged.

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  1. Consanguineous. Sir T. Browne.
  2. Consanguineal organization a social organization based on consanguineous groups.
  3. A person consanguineous with another one.

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  • In North America, marriages between consanguineal kin are strongly discouraged. —  South Dakota Politics
  • Then he said coolly, 'Mademoiselle, you are the victim of consanguineal sorcery.' —  Là-bas
  • _concorporeal_ and _consanguineal_ with Christ by his body and blood being distributed through our bodies. —  The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March
  • It may also be a patruate cousin-group and an avunculate cousin-group; and in general, every member of a brother-group has the same consanguineal relation to persons outside of the group as that of every other member. —  The Siouan Indians
  • In all of these stages the conjugal and consanguineal regulations are affected by the militant habits characteristic of primitive groups; more warriors than women are slain in battle, and there are more female captives than male; and thus the polygamy is mainly or wholly polygyny. —  The Siouan Indians
 

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