A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; in particular, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.
An extended family; a group of people who are related to one another by blood or marriage.
Members of one's family collectively.
A (close-knit) group of people related by blood, friendship, marriage, law, or custom, especially if they live or work together.
From Early Modern English familie (not in Middle English), from Latin familia ("the servants in a household, domestics collectively"), from famulus or famula, from Old Latin famul, of obscure origin. Perhaps derived from or cognate to Oscan famel ("servant"). familia. Displaced native Old English hīred.
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