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[syn: consanguinity, blood kinship, cognation]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
Invoking aid by the ties of consanguinity. --Prescott.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
consanguinity
n 1: (anthropology) related by blood [syn: consanguinity,
blood kinship, cognation] [ant: affinity]