cosinage

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/ˈkʌzɪnɪd͡ʒ//ˈkʌznɪd͡ʒ/

noun

Collateral relationship or kindred by blood; consanguinity.

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Meanings

nouncosinage (countable and uncountable, plural cosinages)

plural cosinages

  1. countableuncountableCollateral relationship or kindred by blood; consanguinity.
  2. countablehistoricalobsoleteuncountablelawA writ to recover possession of an estate in lands, when a stranger has entered, after the death of the grandfather's grandfather, or other distant collateral relation.

    if the abatement happened upon the death of any collateral relation , other than those before-mentioned , the writ is called a writ of cosinage

    1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC

Origin

A variant of cousinage.

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Anagrams

icosagen
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APA

cosinage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cosinage

MLA

“cosinage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cosinage. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cosinage,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cosinage.

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