cousinryn.
/ˈkʌznri/, U.S. /ˈkəznri/ 1. The fact or condition of being a cousin; the relation of one cousin to another, or the relationship between cousins. rare.Apparently not recorded in the 17th and 18th centuries.
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?1515 W. Harrington Commendations of Matrimony sig. bi.v The .iiii. impediment is cognacion yt is to say cosenry.
1851 Church Rev. Jan. 493 We begin to feel a degree of cousinry with our author.
1997 G. McReynolds Chalice & Blade vii. 87 He and Ceridwen were cousins, though not close ones, and the cousinry of him and Caradoc..was even less close.
2. A body of cousins; an extended family group. Also (with plural or singular agreement): cousins collectively.In quot. 1844 figurative: see cousin n. 7a.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > relations or kindred > [noun]
kinc825
sibOE
kindredOE
sibness?a1300
kindc1325
affinity1357
cousinagea1382
cognationc1384
kinhoodc1440
kinsfolkc1450
evenkina1500
relation1502
kindsfolk1555
folks1715
cousinhood1748
loved onea1756
parentage1768
concerns1818
belonging1842
cousinry1844
cousinship1865
kinspeople1866
kinfolk1873
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > cousin > [noun] > collectively
cousinhood1748
cousinry1844
cousinship1865
1844 Morning Chron. 4 Apr. Mr. Hutt sues in vain for a cargo or two of corn, just to test the capabilities of our colonial cousinry.
1873 W. H. Dixon Hist. Two Queens IV. xx. v. 88 The Irish cousinry were taken into favour.
1930 Country Life 25 Jan. 132/2 She has a large cousinry, and stays much with relations.
2001 Guardian (Nexis) 8 Sept. (Saturday Review section) 1 Iris invents an Anglo-Irish cousinry of some complexity, with..cousins both Anglican and Catholic.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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