Fa*mil"ia*ry (?), a. [L. familiaris. See Familiar.] Of or pertaining to
a family or household; domestic. [Obs.] Milton.
Fam"i*lism (?), n. The tenets of the Familists. Milton.
Fam"i*list (?), n. [From Family.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of afanatical
Antinomian sect originating in Holland, and existing in England about
1580, called the Family of Love, who held that religion consists wholly
in love.
Fam"i*lis*ter*y (?), n.; pl. Familisteries (&?;). [F. familistËre.] A
community in which many persons unite as in one family, and are
regulated by certain communistic laws and customs.
{ Fam`i*listic (?), Fam`i*lis"tic*al (?), } a. Pertaining to Familists.
Baxter.
Fam"i*ly (?), n.; pl. Families (#). [L. familia, fr. famulus servant;
akin to Oscan famel servant, cf. faamat he dwells, Skr. dhman house,
fr. dhto set, make, do: cf. F. famille. Cf. Do, v. t., Doom, Fact,
Feat.] 1. The collective body of persons who live in one house, and
under one head or manager; a household, including parents, children,
and servants, and, as the case may be, lodgers or boarders.
2. The group comprising a husband and wife and their dependent
children, constituting a fundamental unit in the organization of
society.
The welfare of the family underlies the welfare of society.
H. Spencer.
3. Those who descend from one common progenitor; a tribe, clan, or
race; kindred; house; as, the human family; the family of Abraham; the
father of a family.
Go ! and pretend your family is young.
Pope.