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familists

familists is the plural of familist.

Meaning of familist

Noun

familist (plural familists)

  1. (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

Questions about familists

What is familists the plural of?
Familists is the plural of familist.

Words near familists in the dictionary

  1. familisms
  2. familist
  3. familistic
  4. familistical
  5. familistically
  6. familists
  7. famille rose
  8. familon
  9. familons
  10. famils
  11. family

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