English Explanatory Dictionary

familia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A household or religious community under one head, regarded as a unit.
  2. The paterfamilias, his legitimate descendants and their wives, all persons adopted into his family and their wives, and all slaves belonging to the household.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/fəˈmɪlɪə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-familia.wav

Word forms

familia familiae Familias

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin familia (“family”). Doublet of family.

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