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Famʹilists

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Members of the “Family of Love,” a fanatical sect founded by David George, of Delft, in 1556. They maintained that all men are of one family, and should love each other as brothers and sisters. Their system is called Familism.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Falling Sickness
Falling Stars
Fallow Land
False (The Rule of)
False Ceiling
Falstaff
Falutin (High)
Familiar
Familiar Spirits
Familiarity
Familists
Family
Fan
Fan-light (A)
Fanatic
Fancy
Fancy-free
Fancy Man (A)
Fancy-sick
Fanesii
Fanfaron

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Familists