familist en · NOUN
Etymology
From family + -ist.
Meanings
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(historical) A member of the Family of Love religious group in 16th-century England.
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.
1972, Christopher Hill, The World Turned Upside Down, Folio Society, published 2016, page 15:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| familists | Number=Plur | lexicographic |