(anthropology) related by marriage
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(anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
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(anthropology) kin by marriage
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Culture and identity.(anthropology) kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationship
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Culture and identity.the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Culture and identity.(anthropology) the condition of being related by blood
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Culture and identity.(anthropology) the condition of being related by blood
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Culture and identity.(anthropology) the condition of being related by blood
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Culture and identity.(anthropology) the distinctive expression of the cognitive or intellectual character of a culture or a social group
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Culture and identity.(anthropology) the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era; "the Greek ethos"
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Culture and identity.(anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Culture and identity.(anthropology) the system of social relationships that constitute kinship in a particular culture, including the terminology that is u…
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Culture and identity.(anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Culture and identity.a statistic describing the location of a distribution; "it set the norm for American homes"
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Culture and identity.a vague idea in which some confidence is placed; "his impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings about the crisis?"; "i…
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Culture and identity.happiness felt in a secure relationship; "with his classmates he felt a sense of belonging"
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Culture and identity.a group of people having a religion, ethnic, profession, or other particular characteristic in common; "he was well known throughout t…
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Culture and identity.the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization; "the developing drug culture"; "the r…
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Culture and identity.a specific practice of long standing
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Pertaining to adoption; made or acquired by adoption; fitted to adopt; as, an adoptive father, an child; an adoptive language.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anthropology, relatedness, connection, blood, marriage.To betroth; to pledge one's faith to for marriage, or solemnly promise (one's self or another) in marriage.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anthropology, relatedness, connection, blood, marriage.The state of being allied; the act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc.,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anthropology, relatedness, connection, blood, marriage.To unite, or form a connection between, as between families by marriage, or between princes and states by treaty, league, or confedera…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anthropology, relatedness, connection, blood, marriage.Notice of a proposed marriage, proclaimed in a church, or other place prescribed by law, in order that any person may object, if he kn…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anthropology, relatedness, connection, blood, marriage.The situation of one object, with respect to another, such situation being supposed to have a connection with the object, or influence…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anthropology, relatedness, connection, blood, marriage.To contract to any one for a marriage; to engage or promise in order to marriage; to affiance; -- used esp. of a woman.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anthropology, relatedness, connection, blood, marriage.a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest; "the shifting alliances within a large family"; "their friendship consti…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anthropology, relatedness, connection, blood, marriage.Belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial; connubial.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anthropology, relatedness, connection, blood, marriage.The persons or things that are connected; as, a business connection; the Methodist connection.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anthropology, relatedness, connection, blood, marriage.Connection. See Connection.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anthropology, relatedness, connection, blood, marriage.Of or pertaining to marriage, or the marriage state; conjugal; nuptial.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anthropology, relatedness, connection, blood, marriage.Inequality in marriage; marriage with an inferior.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anthropology, relatedness, connection, blood, marriage.The money, goods, or estate, which a woman brings to her husband in marriage; a bride's portion on her marriage. See Note under Dower.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anthropology, relatedness, connection, blood, marriage.The act of espousing or betrothing; especially, in the plural, betrothal; plighting of the troths; a contract of marriage; sometimes,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anthropology, relatedness, connection, blood, marriage.The custom, or tribal law, which prohibits marriage between members of the same tribe; marriage outside of the tribe; -- opposed to en…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anthropology, relatedness, connection, blood, marriage.One of the very minute, disk-shaped bodies found in blood with the ordinary red corpuscles and white corpuscles; a third kind of blood…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anthropology, relatedness, connection, blood, marriage.The normal coloring matter of the red blood corpuscles of vertebrate animals. It is composed of hematin and globulin, and is also call…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anthropology, relatedness, connection, blood, marriage.
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