Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CON-SAN-GUIN'I-TY
CON-SAN-GUIN'I-TY, n. [L. consanguinitas; con and sanguis, blood.]
The relation of persons by blood; the relation or connection of persons descended from the same stock or common as ancestor, in distinction from affinity or relation by marriage. It is lineal or collateral. – Blackstone.
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