consanguineous (kŏn-săn-GWĬN-ē-əs)

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Definition (Adjective) Of the same blood, related by blood, akin; of or pertaining to those so related. In Context "As a result of this blatant disregard of the canons forbidding consanguineous marriage, she was forced by Pope Innocent III to separate from her husband." John Carmi Parsons and Bonnie Wheeler, Editors, Medieval Mothering, 1996.