kinship group

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

He would ask extraordinary questions, like 'How many in your kinship group have been bewitched?'

From Time Magazine Archive

The state, in distinction from the kinship group or the village community, was organized for power and profit.

From The Ethics of Coöperation by Tufts, James Hayden

I fail to find a trace of matriarchy or patriarchy, or any mark of a kinship group which traces relationship farther than first cousins.

From The Bontoc Igorot by Jenks, Albert Ernest

In Igorot names there is no vestige of a kinship group tracing relation through either the paternal or maternal line.

From The Bontoc Igorot by Jenks, Albert Ernest

These names have also a social significance, as they always indicate the birth status of the person, for the name at once shows to which clan or kinship group the bearer belongs.

From Indian Games and Dances with Native Songs by Fletcher, Alice C. (Alice Cunningham)