consanguinity
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French consanguinité, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin consanguinitas, from consanguineosus meaning "consanguineous", from com- meaning "together" + sanguineus meaning "of or pertaining to blood", from sanguis "blood"
Pronunciation
Noun
consanguinity (countable and uncountable, plural consanguinities)
- A consanguineous or family relationship through parentage or descent. A blood relationship.
- 1776, United States Declaration of Independence
- They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity.
- 1776, United States Declaration of Independence
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Translations
a blood relationship
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