kindred

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

KIN'DRED, noun [from kin, kind.] 1. Relation by birth; consanguinity. Like her, of equal kindred to the throne. 2. Relation by marriage; affinity. 3. Relatives by blood or marriage, more properly the former. Thou shalt go unto my country and to my kindred Genesis 24:4. 4. Relation; suit; connection in kind. KIN'DRED, adjective Related; congenial; of the like nature or properties; as kindred souls; kindred skies.
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