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familial

[ fuh-mil-yuhl, -mil-ee-uhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

familial

/ fəˈmɪlɪəl /

From French, dating back to 1895–1900; family, -al ¹

These online communities are establishing familial bonds between strangers.

Most women interviewed, regardless of age, race, or background have some deep familial connection to church.

Yes, Klein was an actual victim of documented abuse, whereas the only crime against Victoria was familial negligence.

A Highly Unlikely Scenario is about just that: Familial wisdom and love lost and found and shared anew, finally, conquering all.

Companies will need to accommodate as well the new familial arrangements that Millennials are likely to seek out.

In the middle of the night, she called upon her familial-spirit to carry her to Lucifer.

Again it struck me that they bore a familial kinship to a variety that occurred on the plain.

There are, moreover, varying strains of spirochetes which differ in virulence, or there are familial idiosyncrasies.

He'd clap his hand upon my shoulder and cuss me as familial and neighbourly as if he'd been a common chap.

Yport lies between, and is what the French call a petit bain familial.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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