consanguine

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At the very least, he is the Ziegfeld of the U.S. branch of Tibetan Buddhism and its consanguine, quixotic movement to liberate Lhasa from Beijing's rule.

From Time Magazine Archive

But more commonly the two existed together, intimate, clinging, consanguine and inseparable.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

In favor of this theory stands a pretty tradition, that, as related by Cunow, Gaston found among the Dieyeries, one of the South Australian tribes, on the rise of the "Mordu" consanguine group.

From Woman under socialism by De Leon, Daniel

Territorial unions grew up instead of the consanguine unions of old, and this new organization evidently offered many advantages under the given circumstances.

From Mutual Aid; a factor of evolution by Kropotkin, Petr Alekseevich, kniaz

In view of the insignificance of the objects, the property may have gone in practice to the closest gentile relatives, i. e., the consanguine relatives on the mother's side.

From The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State by Engels, Friedrich