kinswoman
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The older woman kneels in front of Mary, who looks down tenderly and embraces her kinswoman, who is bearing St. John the Baptist.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 2, 2017
Later she refused to call her "daughter" in company, instead describing her as a "kinswoman" or "cousin".
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2015
Mrs. Payne felt it a form of treachery when Cousin Francis died, leaving not a cent to his aged kinswoman.
From Time Magazine Archive
A kinswoman plunged the child's arm into a bucket of cold water, but only up to the elbow.
From Time Magazine Archive
‘Nay, cousin! they are not boys,’ said Ioreth to her kinswoman from Imloth Melui, who stood beside her.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
Beauteous as herself are her kinswomen, the two sisters of King George II of Greece.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ajima meant something like “Auntie”; it was a term of great affection, reserved only for older kinswomen.
From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park
They selected their daughters or other close kinswomen for successors; this also applies to the Bears.
From Societies of the Kiowas by Lowie, Robert H
It was the hospitable custom of Delisleville to cultivate its 19 kinsfolk—more especially its kinswomen.
From In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim by Burnett, Frances Hodgson
And perchance my presence in the house of my kinswomen might imperil them.
From The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot by Everett-Green, Evelyn
