|känsaŋ|gwinəd.ē, -san|gw- -ətē, -i noun
( -es )
Etymology: Middle English consanguinyte, from Middle French consanguinité, from Latin consanguinitat-, consanguinitas, from consanguineus + -itat-, -itas -ity
1. : the quality or state of being related by blood or descended from a common ancestor : blood relationship — distinguished from affinity and commonly expressed in degrees of consanguinity
according to one scheme a person has consanguinity of the second degree with his grandfather, grandson, uncle, cousin-german, and nephew or with corresponding female relations
— compare agnate , cognate
2. : genetic relationship ; specifically : the spatial, chronological, and compositional relationship existing between the various rocks in a single petrographic province
3. : a close relation or connection : affinity
the consanguinity of all religions