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

As intermarriage in the gens was prohibited, it withdrew its members from the evils of consanguine marriages, and thus tended to increase the vigor of the stock.

From Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines by Morgan, Lewis H.

The first is the consanguine group of first cousins and nearer.

From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham

Cunow, in his above named book, takes exception to Morgan's views that the consanguine family, which rests on the organization of marriage classes by generations, preceded the punaluan family as an original organization.

From Woman under socialism by De Leon, Daniel