In this way, much of the otherwise suppressed and deflected hostility between femaleaffinaland kin relations is expressed through reciprocation and non-reciprocation in gham-khadi.From theCambridge English Corpus
This was when bonds of neighbourhood, friendship andaffinalties and so on were finally cut.From theCambridge English Corpus
Nearly one-half of the population lived as extended kin, either consanguineal oraffinal, of the head.From theCambridge English Corpus
The intricacies of ethnic identity,affinalrelations and political alliances are such that similar assertions can always be made to seem plausible.From theCambridge English Corpus
Accounts from the eighteenth century show suchaffinalrelatives actually living, or at least staying, in the same household.From theCambridge English Corpus
A substantial fraction of the population was made up ofaffinalkin : 47 per cent of males and 59 per cent of females.From theCambridge English Corpus
At marriage, two individuals acquireaffinalkin and serving bowls - as well as the immediate promise of a home, field, and family of their own.From theCambridge English Corpus
They lacked the entireaffinaland filial support network.From theCambridge English Corpus
Since headship often passed to the son-in-law on the death of his spouse's father, then all the previous consanguineal kin becameaffinal.From theCambridge English Corpus
Particularly for those unfortunate women whose natal andaffinalhomes were on opposite sides of the boundary, the rare visits home to their parents became a difficult and dangerous proposition.From theCambridge English Corpus
Simultaneously,affinalrelations are articulated.From theCambridge English Corpus
Let me offer an example that illustrates a household-internal cause, and thereby illuminates some of the tensions that arise with virilocality and the acquisition ofaffinalkin.From theCambridge English Corpus
It usually refers to consanguineal kin (as a class), but it may be extended to includeaffinaland ritual kin, as well as all village members.From theCambridge English Corpus
Patrifocal, adult males might have been buried here rather than in the residential area withaffinalfemales and young children.From theCambridge English Corpus
Considerable influence was exercised byaffinalrelatives.From theCambridge English Corpus
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