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kinship group

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Noun1.kinship groupkinship group - group of people related by blood or marriage
clan, kin group, kindred, kin, tribe
social group - people sharing some social relation
mishpachah, mishpocha - (Yiddish) the entire family network of relatives by blood or marriage (and sometimes close friends); "she invited the whole mishpocha"
family unit, family - primary social group; parents and children; "he wanted to have a good job before starting a family"
folks - your parents; "he wrote to his folks every day"
family tree, genealogy - successive generations of kin
totem - a clan or tribe identified by their kinship to a common totemic object
Tribes of Israel, Twelve Tribes of Israel - twelve kin groups of ancient Israel each traditionally descended from one of the twelve sons of Jacob
relative, relation - a person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey"
clan member, clansman, clanswoman - a member of a clan
tribesman - someone who lives in a tribe


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Other commandments certainly seek to limit the use of deceit, but only as part of a much larger program of encouraging Israelites to maintain the sense that their kinship group extends to their entire people.
Judith the heroine? Lies, seduction, and murder in cultural ... by deSilva, David A. / Biblical Theology Bulletin
He notes the effect on their lives of kinship groups, corporations, social attitudes, emergencies, job training programs, family dysfunction, foreign competition, and other impacts.
Shipler, David K. The working poor; invisible in America by Boardman, Edna / Kliatt
Rather than approaching Kateryn Parr narrowly as an individual, James places her within the context of her family social system, the kinship group with which she identified and remained close throughout her life.
Kateryn Parr: The Making of A Queen by KUJAWA, SHERYL A. / Renaissance Quarterly
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