kindredshipn.
/ˈkɪndrᵻdʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈkɪndrᵻdˌʃɪp/ The quality or state of being of the same kindred or family. Also: the quality or state of being akin or similar. Cf. kinship n.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > [noun]
sibOE
kindredOE
sibredlOE
sibnessa1250
sib-lawc1275
kindheadc1325
cousinagec1350
kinheada1375
affinitya1382
kindnessc1390
parentelec1390
parentelac1415
parentage1548
relation1561
cousinship1570
connatenessa1652
relationship1724
kindredship1733
connection1773
familyhood1808
kindredness1826
kinsmanship1842
the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [noun]
anlikenessOE
ylikenessOE
likenessa1250
likeliheada1393
resemblancea1393
likeliness?a1425
similitudec1425
semblingc1440
alikenessc1450
assemblance1485
agreement1495
likelihood1495
agreeance1525
analogy1542
simility1543
semblablenessc1550
semblance1576
nearness1577
vicinity1594
simile1604
assimilation1605
consimilitude1610
parity1612
bly1615
similarity1615
connaturality1621
similiancy1622
connaturalnessa1628
reasemblance1638
consimilarity1658
similariness1669
similarness1670
consimility1680
kindredship1733
family likeness1759
family resemblance1785
cognateness1816
feel1892
1733 J. Court tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews against Apion i, in tr. Josephus Wks. 746/2 The Chaldæans..on account of kindredship [Gk. συγγένειαν], have taken notice of the Jews in their histories.
1792 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V (ed. 7) I. 331 He was deemed to have renounced all the rights and privileges of kindredship.
1826 Republican 17 Apr. 420 Avarice conspiring against nature, bursts her bonds, thus purchasing alienation instead of kindredship.
1885 ‘E. F. Byrrne’ Entangled I. i. v. 69 A certain kindredship of soul and likeness of quality.
1916 R. W. Sellars Next Step Democracy i. 11 So long as we lay stress upon kindredship in ethical spirit, this conclusion follows and is a test of the truth of the definition advanced.
1988 Toronto Star (Nexis) 29 May d1 I think of all the other mothers in the world rocking their babies..and feel a kindredship with women I've never felt before.
2006 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 21 Mar. 12 The musical kindredship of Ireland, America and Bulgaria with richly diverse textures.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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