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cousinship|ˈkʌz(ə)nʃɪp|
[f. as prec. + -ship.]
1. The relation of cousins; the fact of being (a person's) cousin; kinship, relationship.
1570Levins Manip. 140/45 Cousinship, cognatio, affinitas. 1583Golding Calvin on Deut. xi. 62 These are the brotherhoods and cousiningships (sic) of the worlde. 1636Abp. J. Williams Holy Table 139 Opposers of our Liturgie, who brag of their Cosinship and Coheirship with Christ. 1833T. Hook Widow & Marquess xii, His own cousin too; to be sure it was a cousinship far removed. 1865Pall Mall G. 19 Aug. 9/2 Are you within any assignable degree of cousinship to this young gentleman? 1871M. Collins Mrq. & Merch. I. iii. 120 A..lady..who claimed cousinship with his wife.
b. transf. and fig.
1853Lynch Self-Improv. iv. 86 There will always be some cousinship between a man's chosen work and his favourite recreation. 1880Duke of Argyll in Fraser's Mag. Jan. 53 There is an obvious cousinship and correspondence between the great bulk of the species.
2. The action proper to a cousin; the fulfilment of a cousin's part.
1856Mrs. Browning Aur. Leigh iv. 329, I thank you for your generous cousinship. 1858Carlyle Fredk. Gt. iii. v, The lesser standing always under the express protection and as it were cousinship of the greater.
3. = cousinhood 1.
1874Motley Barneveld I. i. 98 Breaking up the mighty cousinship which..overshadowed Germany. |