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Definitions for: Kindred
[n] group of people related by blood or marriage
[adj] related by blood or marriage; "kindred clans"
[adj] similar or related in quality or character; "a feeling akin to terror"; "kindred souls"; "the amateur is closely related to the collector"
Webster (1913) Definition: Kin"dred, n. [OE. kinrede, kynrede, kunreden (with
excrescent d), fr. AS. cynn kin, race + the termination
-r[=ae]den, akin to AS. r[=ae]dan to advise, G. rathen. Cf.
Hatred.]
1. Relationship by birth or marriage; consanguinity;
affinity; kin.
Like her, of equal kindred to the throne. -- Dryden.
2. Relatives by blood or marriage, more properly the former;
relations; persons related to each other.
I think there's no man is secure But the queen's
kindred. --Shak.
Syn: Kin; kinsfolk; relatives; kinsmen; relations;
relationship; affinity.
Kin"dred, a.
Related; congenial; of the like nature or properties; as,
kindred souls; kindred skies; kindred propositions.
True to the kindred points of heaven and home.
--Wordsworth.
Synonyms: akin(p), clan, kin, kin group, kinship group, related, similar, tribe
See Also: clan member, clansman, clanswoman, family, family tree, family unit, folks, genealogy, relation, relative, social group, totem, Tribes of Israel, tribesman, Twelve Tribes of Israel
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