sanguinityn.
/saŋˈɡwɪnɪti/ 1. † a. = consanguinity n. 1a. [So Old French sanguinité, medieval Latin sanguinitas.] Obsolete.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > [noun] > blood-relationship
bloodOE
alliancec1325
consanguinityc1380
cognation1382
allyc1425
sanguinityc1470
kin1548
blood bond1645
kinship1786
blood relationship1793
blood affinity1820
c1470 J. Hardyng Chron. lxiii. xi Alle menne hym loued for his sanguynite [v.r. consanguynyte (he was the uncle of the empress Helena)].
1741 H. Walpole Let. to H. Mann 22 Oct. Some say that the duel would have been no breach of sanguinity.
b. (See quot. 1897.)
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > parenthood > [noun] > likeness or unlikeness between
sanguinity1897
1897 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Sanguinity..the quality of likeness or unlikeness between parents.
2. The quality of being sanguine. rare.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > [noun] > state of
hopefulness1628
sanguinity1736
sanguineness1832
sanguinism1897
1736 J. Swift Let. to Sheridan in Misc. (1745) X. 149 But I distrust your Sanguinity so much, (by my own desponding Temper) that [etc.].
1822 J. MacDonald Mem. J. Benson 291 Whatever severity might appear from time to time in Mr. Benson's manner..may be attributed to the sanguinity of his temper.
1979 Time 8 Jan. 72/2 Nevertheless, Lasch, a history professor.., legitimately finds cracks of doom in our sanguinity.
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