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
Cunow does not see in the consanguine family the most primitive of all social forms, until now discovered.
From Woman under socialism by De Leon, Daniel
The evils of inbreeding are so probable as to justify strong prejudice against consanguine marriages.
From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham
If the opponents of Morgan dispute that the so-called consanguine family is based on blood kinship, they are right, unless we wish to assign an exceptional position to the Australian strata of generations.
From The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State by Engels, Friedrich
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The Best of Enemies
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