Affines

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  • noun. Plural form of affine.
  • noun. Two or more in-laws; parents-in-law, siblings-in-law, and other relatives by marriage; may refer to groups related to one another by marriage.
  • Word Usage
    "ΒΆ Our auctour also in a great worke that he hath made vpon Rhetorike/declareth the handelynge of a theme symple by the same example of Iustice/addynge two pla [-] ces mo/whiche are called affines and con - traries on this maner."
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Heinz  Hines  Pines  aligns  alines