KINDREDS
Noun
kindreds
plural of kindred
Source: Wiktionary
KINDRED
Kin"dred, n. Etym: [OE. kinrede, kynrede, kunreden (with excrescent
d), fr. AS. cunn kin, race + the termination to advise, G. rathen.
Cf. Hatred.]
1. Relationship by birth or marriage; consanguinity; affinity; kin.
Like her, of equal kindred to the throne. Dryden.
2. Relatives by blood or marriage, more properly the former;
relations; persons related to each other.
I think there's no man is secure But the queen's kindred. Shak.
Syn.
– Kin; kinsfolk; relatives; kinsmen; relations; relationship;
affinity.
Kin"dred, a.
Definition: Related; congenial; of the like nature or properties; as,
kindred souls; kindred skies; kindred propositions.
True to the kindred points of heaven and home. Wordsworth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition