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fa·mil·ia \fəˈmilēə, -lyə\ noun (plural famili·ae \-lēˌē, -lēˌī\) Etymology: Latin — more at family 1. Roman law : the paterfamilias, his legitimate descendants and their wives, and all persons adopted into his family and their wives — compare potestas 2. Old English law a. : the servants of one master b. : a quantity of land adequate for the maintenance of one family |