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Cousinage vs Cosinage - What's the difference?

cousinage | cosinage |

As nouns the difference between cousinage and cosinage

is that cousinage is (obsolete) relationship; kinship while cosinage is collateral relationship or kindred by blood; consanguinity.

cousinage

English

Noun

  • (obsolete) relationship; kinship
    • (Wyclif)
    (Webster 1913)

    cosinage

    English

    Noun

  • Collateral relationship or kindred by blood; consanguinity.
    • (Burrill)
  • (legal) A 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.
    • (Blackstone)
    (Webster 1913)