Distant and close relatives, collectively; kin.
A grouping of relatives.
Cla. By heauen, I thinke there is no man ſecure / But the Queenes Kindred, and night-walking Heralds,[…]
Of the same nature, or of similar character.
1924, Aristotle, Metaphysics, translated by W. D. Ross, Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001, book 1, part 1. We have said in the Ethics what the difference is between art and science and the other kindred faculties;
Connected, related, cognate, akin.
kindred tongues
A surname.
A city and town in North Dakota.
A locality in Central Coast Council, northern Tasmania, Australia.
From Middle English kyndrede, from older kynrede (“kindred”), from Old English *cynrēd, *cynrǣden (“kindred, family, stock”), from cynn (“kind, kin, lineage”) + -rǣden (“condition, state”). Equivalent...
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