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Webster 1913 Edition


Familist

Fam′i-list

,
Noun.
[From
Family
.]
(Eccl. Hist.)
One of a fanatical Antinomian sect originating in Holland, and existing in England about 1580, called the
Family of Love
, who held that religion consists wholly in love.

Webster 1828 Edition


Familist

FAM'ILIST

,
Noun.
[from family.] One of the religious sect called the family of love.

Definition 2024


familist

familist

English

Noun

familist (plural familists)

  1. A member of a religious sect, the Family of Love, in 16th century Europe