5. Improperly acquainted; wrongly intimate. Camden. Familiar spirit, a demon or evil spirit supposed to attend at call. 1 Sam. xxviii. 3, 7-9.
FAMILIAR
Fa*mil"iar, n.
1. An intimate; a companion. All my familiars watched for my halting. Jer. xx. 10.
2. An attendant demon or evil spirit. Shak.
3. (Court of Inquisition)
Defn: A confidential officer employed in the service of the tribunal, especially in apprehending and imprisoning the accused.
FAMILIARITY Fa*mil`iar"i*ty, n.; pl. Familiarities. Etym: [OE. familarite, F. familiaritéfr. L. faniliaritas. See Familiar.]
1. The state of being familiar; intimate and frequent converse, or association; unconstrained intercourse; freedom from ceremony and constraint; intimacy; as, to live in remarkable familiarity.
2. Anything said or done by one person to another unceremoniously and without constraint; esp., in the pl., such actions and words as propriety and courtesy do not warrant; liberties.
Syn.
— Acquaintance; fellowship; affability; intimacy. See Acquaintance.