Defn: Of or pertaining to a family or household; domestic. [Obs.]
Milton.
FAMILISM
Fam"i*lism, n.
Defn: The tenets of the Familists. Milton.
FAMILIST
Fam"i*list, n. Etym: [From Family.] (Eccl. Hist.)
Defn: 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.
FAMILISTERY
Fam"i*lis*ter*y, n.; pl. Familisteries (. Etym: [F. familistère.]
Defn: A community in which many persons unite as in one family, and are regulated by certain communistic laws and customs.
FAMILISTIC; FAMILISTICAL
Fam`i*listic, Fam`i*lis"tic*al, a.
Defn: Pertaining to Familists. Baxter.
FAMILY Fam"i*ly, n.; pl. Families. Etym: [L. familia, fr. famulus servant; akin to Oscan famel servant, cf. faamat he dwells, Skr. dhaman house, fr. dhato set, make, do: cf. F. famille. Cf. Do, v. t., Doom, Fact, Feat.]