1 March 2015

consanguinity

[kon-sang-gwin-i-tee]

noun
1. relationship by descent from a common ancestor; kinship (distinguished from affinity).
2. close relationship or connection.

Origin
Middle English, Anglo-French, Latin
1350-1400; Middle English consanguinite (< Anglo-French) < Latin consanguinitās. See consanguineous, -ity

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Examples from the web for consanguinity
– And here’s the kicker about the ridiculousness of the papal dispensations for consanguinity.
– We believe that some pods have close consanguinity with other pods and share some of the same calls.

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Today’s aphorism

Give your fullest attention to whatever the moment presents.

– Eckhart Tolle

On this day

29 February 1940 – Hattie McDaniels wins an Oscar for her role as Mammy in Gone With The Wind. She is the first African-American to win an Oscar.

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1 March 1954 – The U.S. tests a hydrogen bomb at Bikini Atoll, in the Marshall Island, Pacific Ocean.

1 March 1981 – Bobby Sands, member of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) begins a hunger strike at HM Prison Maze, Dublin. He was protesting certain conditions in prison. During the strike he was elected as a Member of Parliament. He died after 65 days.