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blood kinship

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Noun1.blood kinship - (anthropology) related by blood
consanguinity, cognation
anthropology - the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings
family relationship, kinship, relationship - (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
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So it was natural to refer to the nation of Israel, for example, as a family--as the household of God and the children of Abraham, along with many other phrases that conveyed blood kinship among those of Israel.
Children of Abraham, children of God: metaphorical kinship in Paul's ... by Rhoads, David / Currents in Theology and Mission
No one under age 18 would be eligible for the registry, and couples may not be "related by blood kinship closer than would bar marriage in the state of Oregon" - first cousins, or closer.
A sign of commitment by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Cat People may be regarded on the personal level as a conflict in a woman between a conscious and unconscious desire which appear to be incompatible; more broadly, it might be regarded as a conflict between a modern, secular age in which marriage is of supreme value and the memories and stirrings of an older social order associated with blood kinship and female solidarity.
Cat people and its two worlds by Wilcox, Jason / CineAction
 
 
 
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