(anthropology) related by marriage
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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) 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…
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A kind of divorce which does not dissolve the marriage bond, but merely authorizes a separate life of the husband and wife.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: relationship, wife, husband.The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband, or child; desertion.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: relationship, wife, husband.the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: relationship, wife, husband.The unfaithfulness of a married person to the marriage bed; sexual intercourse by a married man with another than his wife, or volunta…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: relationship, wife, husband.An allowance made to a wife out of her husband's estate or income for her support, upon her divorce or legal separation from him, or d…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: relationship, wife, husband.A husband; as, baron and feme, husband and wife.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: relationship, wife, husband.a close personal relationship that forms between people (as between husband and wife or parent and child)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: relationship, wife, husband.The brother of one's husband or wife; also, the husband of one's sister; sometimes, the husband of one's wife's sister.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: relationship, wife, husband.Something desirable to be caught, esp. a husband or wife in matrimony.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: relationship, wife, husband.To dwell or live together as husband and wife.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: relationship, wife, husband.Forgiveness, either express or implied, by a husband of his wife or by a wife of her husband, for a breach of marital duty, as adulter…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: relationship, wife, husband.To pardon; to overlook the offense of; esp., to forgive for a violation of the marriage law; -- said of either the husband or the wife.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: relationship, wife, husband.One who shares the lot of another; a companion; a partner; especially, a wife or husband.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: relationship, wife, husband.A man whose wife is unfaithful; the husband of an adulteress.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: relationship, wife, husband.the life estate which a husband has in the lands of his deceased wife, which by the common law takes effect where he has had issue by…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: relationship, wife, husband.A second marriage, after the death of the first husband of wife; -- in distinction from bigamy, as defined in the old canon law. See B…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: relationship, wife, husband.Pertaining to a second marriage, that is, one after the death of the first wife or the first husband.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: relationship, wife, husband.Not loyal; not true to a sovereign or lawful superior, or to the government under which one lives; false where allegiance is due; fait…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: relationship, wife, husband.
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