Both Uses of
kindred
in
The Idiot
- He was experiencing a last humiliation, the bitterest of all, at this moment—the humiliation of blushing for his own kindred in his own house.†
Chpt 1.9 *
- There were others present who had not met for years, and who had no feeling whatever for each other, unless it were dislike; and yet they met tonight as though they had seen each other but yesterday in some friendly and intimate assembly of kindred spirits.†
Chpt 4.6
Definition:
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(kindred) similar in quality or character
or:
closely related -- such as family or things with shared origin