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

These 'quarters' were the 'calpulli'; hence it follows that the consanguine groups held the altepetlalli or soil of the tribe.

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

His mother, therefore, held the key to the situation, inasmuch as through her both the Eagle clan, to which Mitsha belonged, and Tanyi hanutsh, his own consanguine cluster, could be favourably or unfavourably influenced.

From The Delight Makers by Bandelier, Adolph Francis Alphonse

Cunow, in his above named book, takes exception to Morgan's views that the consanguine family, which rests on the organization of marriage classes by generations, preceded the punaluan family as an original organization.

From Woman under socialism by De Leon, Daniel