'Consanguinity' definitions:

Definition of 'consanguinity'

From: WordNet
noun
(anthropology) related by blood [syn: consanguinity, blood kinship, cognation] [ant: affinity]

Definition of 'Consanguinity'

From: GCIDE
  • Consanguinity \Con`san*guin"i*ty\, n. [L. consanguinitas: cf. F. consanguintit['e].] The relation of persons by blood, in distinction from affinity or relation by marriage; blood relationship; as, lineal consanguinity; collateral consanguinity. [1913 Webster]
  • Invoking aid by the ties of consanguinity. --Prescott. [1913 Webster]