family

  • 31family — 1) The modern conception of a human family as consisting of father and mother united in lifelong monogamy is alien to part of the OT. The founder of the nation, Abraham, had two wives (Gen. 16) but by the time of the monarchy polygamy, common in… …

    Dictionary of the Bible

  • 32family*/*/*/ — [ˈfæm(ə)li] noun I 1) [C] a group consisting of parents and children Is the Watson family going to be there?[/ex] The tent is big enough for a family of six.[/ex] 2) [C/U] all the people who are related to you, including people who are now dead… …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 33family — The meaning of word family necessarily depends on field of law in which word is used, purpose intended to be accomplished by its use, and facts and circumstances of each case. LeRoux v. Edmundson, 276 Minn. 120, 148 N.W.2d 812, 814. Most commonly …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 34family — The meaning of word family necessarily depends on field of law in which word is used, purpose intended to be accomplished by its use, and facts and circumstances of each case. LeRoux v. Edmundson, 276 Minn. 120, 148 N.W.2d 812, 814. Most commonly …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 35family —    Historically, the family has been an extremely important institution in Spain, as one would expect in a society which for so long was traditional, Catholic and hierarchical. During the Franco regime, the family was enshrined in basic… …

    Encyclopedia of contemporary Spanish culture

  • 36family — n. (pl. ies) 1 a set of parents and children, or of relations, living together or not. 2 a the members of a household, esp. parents and their children. b a person s children. c (attrib.) serving the needs of families (family butcher). 3 a all the …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 37FAMILY —    The basic constituent of Mesopotamian society was the patriarchal family. Administrative documents from the major sites recorded people’s names and affiliation, but it is still difficult to get a clear picture of the family sizes and patterns… …

    Historical Dictionary of Mesopotamia

  • 38family — /ˈfæməli / (say famuhlee), /ˈfæmli / (say famlee) noun (plural families) 1. parents and their children, whether dwelling together or not. 2. one s children collectively. 3. any group of persons closely related by blood, as parents, children,… …

  • 39family — A word of great flexibility, its meaning varying according to the connection in which it appears. Tomlyanovich v Tomlyanovich, 239 Minn 250, 58 NW2d 855, 50 ALR2d 108. Primarily, the collective body of persons who live in one house and under one… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 40family — fam•i•ly [[t]ˈfæm ə li, ˈfæm li[/t]] n. pl. lies, adj. 1) parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not 2) the children of one person or one couple collectively 3) use the spouse and children of one person 4) …

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