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adjective

Kindred adj. Related; congenial; of the like nature or properties; as, kindred souls; kindred skies; kindred propositions. "True to the kindred points of heaven and home."

noun

Kindred n.

Relationship by birth or marriage; consanguinity; affinity; kin. "Like her, of equal kindred to the throne."

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."

Synonyms: Kin; kinsfolk; relatives; kinsmen; relations; relationship; affinity.

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Etymology of 'Kindred'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Kindred" Quotes from Famous Books

... many a day on the wild mountain pass—perchance there it lies still—far from the abodes of men, and utterly useless, save as a ponderous monument and memorial of the terrible catastrophe which had robbed its owner of home, kindred, wealth, and earthly hope. ...

— Lost in the Forest - Wandering Will's Adventures in South America • R.M. Ballantyne

... and get it. No one will notice your dirty boots; and you don't suppose that I am going to carry rice for all our kindred?' ...

— The Olive Fairy Book • Various

... though of inconsiderable extent, were so skillfully and tastefully laid out, that their bounds were always invisible. The lawn and shrubberies were picturesquely irregular, and still retained some kindred, in their fine oaks and patches of heather, to the beautiful wild common which lay immediately beyond their precincts. A pretty piece of ornamental water was set in flowering bushes and well-contrived rockery, and in a more remote part of the grounds ...

— Records of a Girlhood • Frances Anne Kemble

... industry. He is sensitive on the point of being doubted or criticised. His gentleness never forsakes him, his hopefulness never deserts him; no harassing anxiety or distraction of mind, though separated from home and kindred, can make him complain. He thinks all will come out right at last, he has such faith in the goodness of Providence. Another thing which especially attracted my attention was his wonderfully retentive memory. ...

— Great African Travellers - From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley • W.H.G. Kingston

... private home, steps between hundreds of boys and complete vagabondage, into which, but for its existence, they would quickly lapse. Probably no money is more wisely expended than that which enables the Children's Aid Society of New York to maintain this and kindred institutions. ...

— Ben, the Luggage Boy; - or, Among the Wharves • Horatio Alger

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