Synonyms for consanguinity


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kon-sang-gwin-i-tee
Phonetic Transcription : ˌkɒn sæŋˈgwɪn ɪ ti

Top 10 synonyms for consanguinity Other synonyms for the word consanguinity

Définition of consanguinity

Origin :
  • c.1400, from Middle French consanguinité, from Latin consanguinitatem (nominative consanguinitas), from consanguineus "consanguineous, of the same blood," from com- "together" (see com-) + sanguineus "of blood" (see sanguine).
  • noun family relationship
Example sentences :
  • Moreover, there is that little knot of consanguinity to be considered.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
  • Not the matter of consanguinity, they're about a sixteenth cousin.
  • Extract from : « Space Viking » by Henry Beam Piper
  • We find a taboo on the union of persons related by consanguinity or affinity.
  • Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
  • Would puzzle a convocation of casuists to resolve their degrees of consanguinity.
  • Extract from : « Familiar Quotations » by John Bartlett
  • They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and consanguinity.
  • Extract from : « The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2 » by Egerton Ryerson
  • Affinity is relationship by marriage, consanguinity is relationship by blood.
  • Extract from : « English Synonyms and Antonyms » by James Champlin Fernald
  • They were educated in the same neighbourhood, but had no knowledge of their consanguinity.
  • Extract from : « Mediaeval Tales » by Various
  • They, too, have been deaf to the voice of justice and consanguinity.
  • Extract from : « Key-Notes of American Liberty » by Various
  • They, too, have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity.
  • Extract from : « Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 » by Various
  • Then the consanguinity of the parties was a great source of embarrassment and trouble.
  • Extract from : « William the Conqueror » by Jacob Abbott
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