familia
noun
a group of people who are socially connected because they share an occupation or a special undertaking, such as being in a film crew or activist movement.
familiae
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pluralof familia.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Another argument brought forward is that 30 or 40 acres was enough land for the support of the average family, in other words that it was the terra unius familiae of Bede.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
The priests of the temples and the colleges of pontiffs had their familiae of slaves.
From Public Lands and Agrarian Laws of the Roman Republic by Andrew Stephenson
But within this boundary line, of which we shall hear something more presently, how were the component parts, the familiae of the gens, settled down on the land?
From The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus by W. Warde Fowler
Many were the gibes and high was the glee on that occasion; pointed were the jokes aimed at young Bienville on his being thus transformed into a matrimonial agent and pater familiae.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 by John Rudd
At the death of a pater familias his sons in turn became the head of familiae, dividing the estate.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak
