family circle

noun

the closely related members of a family as a group.

a section in a theater containing less expensive seats, as the topmost gallery.

Origin of family circle

First recorded in 1800–10

Words nearby family circle

family, family allowance, Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, family balancing, family Bible, family circle, Family Compact, family court, family credit, Family Division, family doctor

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Example sentences from the Web for family circle

We were not less welcome when, a few days afterwards, we joined the family-circle.
My First Voyage to Southern Seas|W.H.G. Kingston
But what could she have done for her family-circle, after the scandal of her divorce?
The Law Inevitable|Louis Couperus
Another, had unhesitatingly recommended his effusions to the family-circle.
Pierre; or The Ambiguities|Herman Melville
Imagine the feelings of a rat when this dreadful visitor comes like grim death into his family-circle!
Palmetto-Leaves|Harriet Beecher Stowe

She had never expected to be so happy, just because she was back in her own country and among her family-circle.
Small Souls|Louis Couperus

British Dictionary definitions for family circle

family circle

noun

members of a family regarded as a closed group

mainly US the cheap seating area in a theatre behind or above the dress circle

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单词	family circle
释义	family circle noun the closely related members of a family as a group. a section in a theater containing less expensive seats, as the topmost gallery. Origin of family circle First recorded in 1800–10 Words nearby family circle family, family allowance, Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, family balancing, family Bible, family circle, Family Compact, family court, family credit, Family Division, family doctor Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for family circle We were not less welcome when, a few days afterwards, we joined the family-circle. My First Voyage to Southern Seas\|W.H.G. Kingston But what could she have done for her family-circle, after the scandal of her divorce? The Law Inevitable\|Louis Couperus Another, had unhesitatingly recommended his effusions to the family-circle. Pierre; or The Ambiguities\|Herman Melville Imagine the feelings of a rat when this dreadful visitor comes like grim death into his family-circle! Palmetto-Leaves\|Harriet Beecher Stowe She had never expected to be so happy, just because she was back in her own country and among her family-circle. Small Souls\|Louis Couperus British Dictionary definitions for family circle family circle noun members of a family regarded as a closed group mainly US the cheap seating area in a theatre behind or above the dress circle Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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