consanguine

Example Sentences

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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

It shows plainly the rise of the consanguine groups.

From Woman under socialism by De Leon, Daniel

They inherited first together with the other consanguine relatives of the mother, later on perhaps in preference to the others.

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

Each consanguine relationship thus gradually surrounded the surface on which it dwelt with a number of garden plots sufficient to the wants of its members.

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