familisticaladj.
/ˌfaməˈlɪstᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌfæməˈlɪstᵻkəl/ 1. Theology. = familistic adj. 1. Now historical and rare.
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society > faith > sect > Christianity > other sects and movements > familism > [adjective]
familistical1610
familistic1645
1610 J. Robinson Justif. Separation from Church of Eng. 176 Mr Bernard graunts..that Christ hath left a government in his Church, and so consequently an order for the censuring of offenders, and he accounts the contrary opinion but a familisticall conceipt.
1653 J. Gauden Hieraspistes 306 They labour..to turn the solidity of Truth..into nothing but Familisticall whimseys.
1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi ii. iv. 11/2 The Suppression of an Antinomian and Familistical Faction.
1750 W. Douglass Summary State Brit. Settlements N.-Amer. II. x. 77 His Antinomian, Familistical, Brownist, and other fanatical Doctrines.
1847 Jrnl. Rhode Island Inst. of Instr. July 10 Here, chiefly at Newport, were the familistical Antinomians—so called by their persecutors.
1930 H. W. Schneider Puritan Mind ii. 63 Her followers were usually designated by her opponents as familists; and this familistical tendency was regarded as her most serious crime.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinship group > family > [adjective] > relating to a family or household
familiar?c1400
family1602
familiarya1617
familic1660
familical1660
familistic1660
familistical1660
familyish1824
1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 15 in Justice Vindicated Theological virtues relate to the attaining of Eternal happiness: Moral, Humane, and Familistical, to the conservation of society and peace in their several places.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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