GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Kindred , n. [OE. kinrede, kynrede, kunreden (with excrescent d), fr. AS. cynn kin, race + the termination -rǣden, akin to AS. rǣdan to advise, G. rathen.  Cf. Hatred.]
   Relationship by birth or marriage; consanguinity; affinity; kin.
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   Like her, of equal kindred to the throne.
   Dryden.
   
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   Relatives by blood or marriage, more properly the former; relations; persons related to each other.
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   I think there's no man is secure
   But the queen's kindred.
   Shak.
   Syn. -- Kin; kinsfolk; relatives; kinsmen; relations; relationship; affinity.
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   Kindred, a. Related; congenial; of the like nature or properties; as, kindred souls; kindred skies; kindred propositions.
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   True to the kindred points of heaven and home.
   Wordsworth.
   
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