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Kindred

Kindred
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 queens kindred. (Shak)
Synonym: kin, kinsfolk, relatives, kinsmen, relations, relationship, affinity.
Origin: oe. Kinrede, kynrede, kunreden (with excrescent d), fr. As. Cunn kin, race – the termination, akin to as. Dan to advise, g. Rathen. Cf. Hatred.
Similar or related in quality or character; a feeling akin to terror; kindred souls; the amateur is closely related to the collector.Related by blood or marriage; kindred clans.Group of people related by blood or marriage.A groups of organisms that have common ancestral time lines, and are therefore related in some way.

Last updated on July 23rd, 2021

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