familist

English

Etymology

From family + -ist.

Noun

familist (plural familists)

  1. (religion, historical) A member of the Family of Love religious group in 16th-century England. [from 16th c.]
    • 1972, Christopher Hill, The World Turned Upside Down, Folio Society, published 2016, page 15:
      Like Francis Bacon, Familists believed that men and women might recapture on earth the state of innocence which existed before the Fall: their enemies said they claimed to attain the perfection of Christ.

Romanian

Etymology

From familie + -ist.

Noun

familist m (plural familiști)

  1. family man

Declension

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