| 释义 |
con·san·guin·i·ty
\|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 > |