Definitions for kindred
ˈkɪn drɪdkin·dred

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. kin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan, tribeadjective

   group of people related by blood or marriage

2. akin(p), kindredadjective

   similar in quality or character

   "a feeling akin to terror"; "kindred souls"; "the amateur is closely related to the collector"

3. kindredadjective

   related by blood or marriage

   "kindred clans"

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1. kindrednoun

   A combination of extended family and religious group, of the Ásatrú religious order in America.

   Etymology: From kindrede, alteration (with epenthetic d) of kinrede, cunreden, from cynred, cynræden, from cynn + -ræden, equivalent to . More at kin.

2. kindrednoun

   Distant and close relatives, collectively.

   Etymology: From kindrede, alteration (with epenthetic d) of kinrede, cunreden, from cynred, cynræden, from cynn + -ræden, equivalent to . More at kin.

3. kindrednoun

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

   Etymology: From kindrede, alteration (with epenthetic d) of kinrede, cunreden, from cynred, cynræden, from cynn + -ræden, equivalent to . More at kin.

4. kindredadjective

   Of the same nature.

   Etymology: From kindrede, alteration (with epenthetic d) of kinrede, cunreden, from cynred, cynræden, from cynn + -ræden, equivalent to . More at kin.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Kindrednoun

   relationship by birth or marriage; consanguinity; affinity; kin

2. Kindrednoun

   relatives by blood or marriage, more properly the former; relations; persons related to each other

3. Kindredadjective

   related; congenial; of the like nature or properties; as, kindred souls; kindred skies; kindred propositions

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1. Kindred

   In the Heathen movements, a kindred is a local worship group and organizational unit. Other terms used are hearth, theod, blotgroup, sippe, and other less popular ones such as garth, stead, church, and others. Kindreds are usually grassroots groups, most of which are independent from any other organization. Rarely through, a kindred may be affiliated with a national organization such as the Ásatrú Alliance, or The Troth, rather than the Swedish Forn Sed Assembly or the Odinic Rite. Independent kindreds are more typical within the US than elsewhere.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Kindred

   kin′dred, n. relationship by blood, less properly, by marriage: relatives: (pl., B.) families.—adj. related: congenial. [M. E. kinrede—A.S. cynn, kin, and the suffix -ræden, expressing mode or state.]

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. KINDRED

   From Eng. _kin_, meaning relation, and _dread_, meaning fear; fearful relations.

Anagrams for kindred »

1. drinked

How to pronounce kindred?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of kindred in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of kindred in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of kindred in a Sentence

1. Jane Porter:

   Happiness is a sunbeam, Which may pass through a thousand bosoms Without losing a particle of its original ray Nay, when it strikes on a kindred heart, Like the converged light on a mirror, It reflects itself with redoubled brightness. It is not perfected till it is shared.

2. Juvenal:

   Lost money is bewailed with deeper sighs Than friends, or kindred, and with louder cries.

3. Marie de Rabutin-Chantal:

   We cannot destroy kindred Our chains stretch a little sometimes, but they never break.

4. Abraham Lincoln:

   It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him.

5. Marie de Rabutin-Chantal:

   We cannot destroy kindred: Our chains stretch a little sometimes, but they never break.

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