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
Of this remarkable character Florence L. Dorsey, a kinswoman, has written a remarkable biography.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mrs. Payne felt it a form of treachery when Cousin Francis died, leaving not a cent to his aged kinswoman.
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
Henceforth the breach between these illustrious kinswomen became irreparable.
From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Lucy Aikin
The nobles and burghers of the district naturally wished to keep their kinswomen near them and the endowments were usually forthcoming.
From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Eileen Power
See here is his letter to the maître d’hôtel, in which he states that we are French ladies, kinswomen of his own.”
From Kilgorman A Story of Ireland in 1798 by Talbot Baines Reed
