Kindredname

• 1

  A surname.

• 2

  A city and town in North Dakota.

• 3

  A locality in Central Coast Council, northern Tasmania, Australia.

kindrednoun/ˈkɪndɹɪd/

• 1

  Distant and close relatives, collectively; kin.

• 2

  People of the same ethnic descent, not including speaker; brethren.

  • *Behold he commeth with clouds, and euery eye ſhal ſee him,and they alſo which pearced him: and all kinreds of the earth ſhall waıle becauſe of him: euen ſo. Amen.
• 3

  A grouping of relatives.

  • Cla. By heauen, I thinke there is no man ſecure / But the Queenes Kindred, and night-walking Heralds,[…]
• 4

  Blood relationship.

  • He that is in Distress tho' a stranger has a right to claim kindred with the wealthy—
• 5

  Affinity, likeness.

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  One who is kindred, literally or figuratively; a kin, kinsman.

  • And what I wouldn't give to find a soulmate?/Someone else to catch this drift/And what I wouldn't give to meet a kindred?
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  lifestylepaganismreligionA household or group following the modern pagan faith of Heathenry or Ásatrú.

  • We talked with Jonina about our kindred, Heathenry in the United States, Asatru in Iceland, and the details of our religious practice.[…]
  • Your chosen kindred or other group is a Venn circle that contains you, but it may not be the same circle as your family.

kindredadj/ˈkɪndɹɪd/

• 1

  Of the same nature, or of similar character.

  • the kindred relationship between neuroscience and neurology
  • 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;
• 2

  Connected, related, cognate, akin.

  • kindred tongues