consanguineal
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin cōnsanguineus + -al.
Adjective[edit]
consanguineal (not comparable)
- Related by bloodline; consanguineous.
- 1882, J. W. Powell, “Outlines of Sociology,”, in Transactions of the Anthropological Society of Washington, volume 1, page 124:
- In the family law of very early society descent is in the female line, the control of the children belongs to the mother and her consanguineal kindred.
- 2001, Almuth Degener, “Hunters' Lore in Nuristan”, in Asian Folklore Studies, volume 60, number 2, page 334:
- Social structure and organization within the Nuristani communities of Waigal . . . is based primarily on relations of consanguineal or fictive kinship.
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Further reading[edit]
- “consanguineal”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.