(anc. geog.), a district in the desert of the Saracens (so called from Cedar, the son of Ish- mael, according to Jerome, who in another place says that Kedar was uninhabitable), on the north of Arabia Felix. Kedareni, the people; who dwelt in tents like the other Scenites (Psalm cxx.), were rich in cattle (Isa- iah lx.), of a fleshy complexion (Canticles i.), and excellent at the bow (Isaiah xxi.).