Meaning of KINSFOLK
| Pronunciation: | | 'kinz`fowk
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| | Definition: | | [n] people descended from a common ancestor; "his family had lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower" |
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| | Synonyms: | | family, family line, folk, kinfolk, phratry, sept |
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| | See Also: | | ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, dynasty, gens, homefolk, house, line, line of descent, lineage, name, origin, parentage, pedigree, people, stock | |
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| | Definition: | | \Kins"folk`\, n.
Relatives; kindred; kin; persons of the same family or
closely or closely related families.
They sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance.
--Luke ii. 44.
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