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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Consanguinity

· Con·san·guin·i·ty · IPA /kɑnsæŋˈɡwɪnɪti/
01 n. The relation of persons by blood, in distinction from affinity or relation by marriage; blood relationship; as, lineal consanguinity; colla…
  1. 1.
    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.