单词 | blood affinity |
释义 | > as lemmasblood affinity blood affinity n. ΘΚΠ 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 1820 in Sheppard's Touchstone of Common Assurance (ed. 7) I. vii. 165 If a man, seised of land in fee, covenant to stand seised of it to uses, and no estate doth rise by the covenant, [for want of blood affinity, &c.;] yet this may be good by way of covenant. 1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind x. 278 The seventh degree of blood-affinity is the limit. 2006 M. Bender in tr. Mother Butterfly p. xix Kin are invited to social and ceremonial events in a strict order of blood affinity. Forgetting to invite a close blood relative may result in a quarrel. < as lemmas |
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