Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Relationship by blood or by a common ancestor.
- noun A close affinity or connection.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In petrography, the genetic relationship existing between those igneous rocks of one locality which have been derived from a common parent magma by processes of differentiation.
- noun Relationship by blood; the relationship or connection of persons descended from the same stock or common ancestor, in distinction from
affinity , or relationship by marriage.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The relation of persons by blood, in distinction from
affinity or relation by marriage; blood relationship.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
consanguineous or family relationship through parentage or descent. Ablood relationship.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (anthropology) related by blood
Etymologies
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Examples
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The term consanguinity here means, within certain limitations defined by the law of nature, the positive law of God, or the supreme authority of State or Church, the blood-relationship (cognatio naturalis), or the natural bond between persons descended from the same stock.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery
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To blood ties, to civil relationship, a new consanguinity is added,
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When an airline owns a hotel and the hotel offers frequent-flier miles, those should properly be called consanguinity miles.
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When an airline owns a hotel and the hotel offers frequent-flier miles, those should properly be called consanguinity miles.
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When an airline owns a hotel and the hotel offers frequent-flier miles, those should properly be called consanguinity miles.
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When an airline owns a hotel and the hotel offers frequent-flier miles, those should properly be called consanguinity miles.
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The uncertain degree of alliance, or consanguinity, is expressed by the words, cognatus, consobrinus, (see Valesius ad Ammian. xxiii.
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When they are related by blood their relationship is called consanguinity; when they are related by marriage it is called affinity; when they are related by being god-parents in Baptism or Confirmation, it is called spiritual affinity; when they are related by adoption, it is called legal affinity.
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This usage proceeded, in part, from the notion of consanguinity between every member of a clan, even of the lowest degree, to his chieftain, and the affability and courtesy with which the head was in the habit of treating those over whom he ruled.
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Blackstone, on consanguinity, which is as follows: --
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