What does kinsfolk mean?
Definitions for kinsfolk
ˈkɪnzˌfoʊkkins·folk
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Princeton's WordNet
family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratrynoun
people descended from a common ancestor
"his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Kinsfolknoun
Relations; those who are of the same family.
Etymology: kin and folk.
Those lords, since their first grants of those lands, have bestowed them amongst their kinsfolks. Edmund Spenser.
My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends forgotten me. Job xix. 14.
Wikipedia
kinsfolk
Family (from Latin: familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Ideally, families offer predictability, structure, and safety as members mature and learn to participate in the community. Historically, most human societies use family as the primary locus of attachment, nurturance, and socialization.Anthropologists classify most family organizations as matrifocal (a mother and her children), patrifocal (a father and his children), conjugal (a wife, her husband, and children, also called the nuclear family), avuncular (a man, his sister, and her children), or extended (in addition to parents and children, may include grandparents, aunts, uncles, or cousins). The field of genealogy aims to trace family lineages through history. The family is also an important economic unit studied in family economics. The word "families" can be used metaphorically to create more inclusive categories such as community, nationhood, and global village.
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kinsfolk
Kinsfolk refers to a person's relatives or family members. They are individuals who share a familial or blood relationship with one another, including parents, siblings, cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents. It can also include individuals related through marriage.
Webster Dictionary
Kinsfolknoun
relatives; kindred; kin; persons of the same family or closely or closely related families
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Kinsfolk
kinz′fōk, n. folk or people kindred or related to one another.—ns. Kin′ship, relationship; Kins′man, a man of the same kin or race with another:—fem. Kins′woman.
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folkniks
kinfolks
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of kinsfolk in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of kinsfolk in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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