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‖ familia|fəˈmɪlɪə|
Pl. familiæ.
[See family n.]
(See quots.)
1708Cowel's Law Dict., Familia, is sometimes taken by our Writers for a Hide, sometimes called a Manse, sometimes Caracuta, or a Plough-land, containing as much as one Plough and Oxen can till in one year. 1729G. Jacob New Law-Dict., Familia, signifies all the Servants belonging to a particular Master; but in another Sense, it is taken for a Portion of Land, sufficient to maintain one Family. 1883Encycl. Brit. XX. 712/2 With the Christian emperors the last traces disappeared of the old conception of the familia as an aggregate of persons and estate subject absolutely to the power and dominion of its head. 1912J. A. Willis tr. Marucci's Christ. Epigr. 6 Nearly all the cognomens of the most illustrious familiae, as the Scipiones,..the Cicerones, etc., have been already explained by ancient writers. 1933E. K. Chambers Eng. Folk-Play 226, I do not think that the relation of father and sons indicates anything beyond the relation of the leader of the revel to his familia or troop. 1965D. Whitelock in Bessinger & Creed Medieval & Linguistic Stud. 223 It is..very likely that when Aldred, bishop of Worcester, became archbishop of York in 1060, some members of his familia went with him. |