FAMILIST

Etymology

Noun

familist (plural familists)

(religion, historical) A member of the Family of Love religious group in 16th-century England. [from 16th c.]

Source: Wiktionary


Fam"i*list, n. Etym: [From Family.] (Eccl. Hist.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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