affinal
adjEtymology From Latin affīnis (“kindred”) + English -al.
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Anthropology, Human sciences, Sciences Of a family relationship by marriage of a relative (or through affinity), as opposed to consanguinity; in-law.
- The names of their affinal relatives must be avoided in speaking either to a man or woman, or even when speaking in their presence.2018, Daniel Elazar, Kinship in the Admiralty Islands, Routledge, →ISBN: