familial

[fuh-mil-yuh l, -mil-ee-uh l]

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adjective

of, relating to, or characteristic of a family: familial ties.
appearing in individuals by heredity: a familial disease.

Origin of familial

From French, dating back to 1895–1900; see origin at family, -al¹

Related formsin·ter·fa·mil·ial, adjectivenon·fa·mil·ial, adjective

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Examples from the Web for familial

Contemporary Examples

Yes, Klein was an actual victim of documented abuse, whereas the only crime against Victoria was familial negligence.
Colonel of Truth: The KFC Hoax and the Idiocy of Crowdfunding for Bullying Victims
Scott Bixby
June 25, 2014
A Highly Unlikely Scenario is about just that: Familial wisdom and love lost and found and shared anew, finally, conquering all.
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Mythili Rao
January 8, 2014
Almost all involved with the creation of Fiddler on the Roof had familial ties to the world Sholem Aleichem described.
The Strange Power of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’
Jen Vafidis
October 28, 2013
The focus of the song is not on the wider politics of the war, but on the kind of familial suffering to which Cash could relate.
Political Lessons for America From the Man in Black
Michael Stewart Foley
September 12, 2013
(Post has been updated to correct the familial ties of Dr. Rafiq Zakaria).
Why Pakistan's Mohammed Ali Jinnah Was No Nelson Mandela
Kapil Komireddi
April 7, 2013

Historical Examples

In this case also the whole movement of a life takes place in the magic circle of the familial constellation.
Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology
C. G. Jung
A chivalrous young American may offer his life for a remote ideal which yet may belong to his familial tradition.
The Arrow of Gold
Joseph Conrad
Race is such a transcendent parameter and so are gender, familial affiliation or contacts and influence.
After the Rain
Sam Vaknin
He'd clap his hand upon my shoulder and cuss me as familial and neighbourly as if he'd been a common chap.
A Pair of Blue Eyes
Thomas Hardy
Again it struck me that they bore a familial kinship to a variety that occurred on the plain.
Attrition
Jim Wannamaker

British Dictionary definitions for familial

familial

adjective

of or relating to the family
occurring in the members of a familya familial disease

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Word Origin and History for familial

adj.

from French familial, from Latin familia (see family). Meaning "hereditary" is from 1900; "family-like" is from 1903.

familial in Medicine

familial

(fə-mĭl′yəl)

adj.

Occurring or tending to occur among family members, usually by heredity.

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Examples from the Web for familial

Contemporary Examples

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.

Almost all involved with the creation of Fiddler on the Roof had familial ties to the world Sholem Aleichem described.

The focus of the song is not on the wider politics of the war, but on the kind of familial suffering to which Cash could relate.

(Post has been updated to correct the familial ties of Dr. Rafiq Zakaria).

Historical Examples

In this case also the whole movement of a life takes place in the magic circle of the familial constellation.

A chivalrous young American may offer his life for a remote ideal which yet may belong to his familial tradition.

Race is such a transcendent parameter and so are gender, familial affiliation or contacts and influence.

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

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

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Word Origin and History for familial

adj.

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Origin of familial