Kindred1. (n.) Relationship by birth or marriage; consanguinity; affinity; kin.
2. (n.) Relatives by blood or marriage, more properly the former; relations; persons related to each other.
3. (a.) Related; congenial; of the like nature or properties; as, kindred souls; kindred skies; kindred propositions.
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