kindred

Meanings

Noun

• Distant and close relatives, collectively; kin.
• People of the same ethnic descent, not including speaker; brethren.
• A grouping of relatives.
• Blood relationship.
• Affinity, likeness.
• A household or group following the modern pagan faith of Heathenry or Ásatrú.

Adjective

• Of the same nature, or of similar character.
• Connected, related, cognate, akin.

Related

Similar words

• brethren, kinship

Origin

• From Middle English kindrede, alteration (with epenthetic d) of kinrede, cunreden, from Old English cynrēd, cynrǣden, from cynn + -rǣden, equivalent to kin + -red. More at kin.