Hypertext Webster Gateway: "consanguinity"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Consanguinity \Con`san*guin"i*ty\, n. [L. consanguinitas: cf. F.
consanguintit['e].]
The relation of persons by blood, in distinction from
affinity or relation by marriage; blood relationship; as,
lineal consanguinity; collateral consanguinity.
Invoking aid by the ties of consanguinity. --Prescott.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
consanguinity
n : related by blood [syn: {blood kinship}, {cognation}] [ant: {affinity}]
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