CONSANGUINE


Meaning of CONSANGUINE in English

(ˈ)kän|saŋgwə̇n also -|sangw- adjective

Etymology: French consanguin, from Latin consanguineus, from com- + sanguineus of blood — more at sanguine

: consanguineous ; specifically : based on an extended group of blood relations especially of unilinear descent and constituting the functional familial unit in a society

the consanguine family type of the matriarchal Hopi

— contrasted with conjugal ; compare family

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