kinsfolk

• “Thereupon he called his kinsfolk together to counsel, and told them all that he had seen and heard, how Jupiter had appeared to him in his dream, and had threatened him with punishment, and what had thereupon ensued When they heard these things, all with one consent agreed that the man should be carried straightway in a litter to the market-place into the presence of the Consuls.”

  Stories From Livy

• “What comes out in all his letters to his kinsfolk is his unbounded willingness to take trouble in order to spare others.”

  The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859

• “The poor woman called her kinsfolk together and implored them to undertake the task of recovering him.”

  Roman life in the days of Cicero

• “He called his kinsfolk together, and held counsel with them.”

  Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore

• “He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his kinsfolk.”

  The Huffington Post: Matthew S. Rindge, Ph.D.: Troy Davis And The Biblical Case(s) For Violence

• “O Moonwalking dynamo who adept at inspiriting audiences church, you communed with us, as if each concert was Sunday service nursing whip-saved pews of kinsfolk, scars hemmed, in JC's South?”

  Fictionaut: Homage To The King Of Pop

• “It was definitely a family affair, but by the sounds of it, young sons and especially daughters were the kinsfolk enjoying a special gift on the final day of the 38th annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival.”

  The Huffington Post: Michael Bialas: Fathers, Mumford & Sons at Telluride Bluegrass Festival

• “But Madeline still had kinsfolk, the nearest being a dissolute uncle who outraged his vitals with inordinate quantities of the white man's whisky.”

  The Wife of a King

• “Cadfael's numerous kinsfolk, first and second cousins and shared forebears, were warranty enough over much of Clwyd and part of Gwynedd.”

  Fictionaut: A Caregiver's Homage To The Very Old

• “I remember one in particular which was universally practiced by the near kinsfolk.”

  Fictionaut: She Makes Her Mouth Small & Round & Other Stories

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