familist
(ˈfæmɪlɪst)
Also 7 famel-, famul-, famylist.
[f. as prec. + -ist.]
† 1. The head of a family, a family-man. Obs.
| 1612 W. Parkes Curtaine Dr. 7 Then hath he descended..from Families to euery particular Famulist. 1615 Bedwell Moham. Imp. ii. §70 Mohammed was a good familist. 1658 Osborn Adv. Son 70 If you will needs be a Familist, and Marry. |
† 2. One of the same family or household. Obs.
| 1631 R. Brathwait Whimzies, Zealous Brother 119 Controversies which he secretly commenceth amongst his owne familists. 1638 Heywood Wise Woman ii. Wks. 1874 V. 304 If you come to live in our house, and be a Familist amongst us. |
3. A member of the sect called the Family of Love; see family 7.
| 1592 Nashe P. Pennilesse B 3 Like the Anabaptists and adulterous Familists. 1634 Canne Necess. Separ. (1849) 132 The cursed Familists do hold that religion standeth not in outward things. a 1716 South Serm. (1717) V. 151 See, with what Contempt the Father of the Familists, Henry Nicolas, casts off the Use and Authority of it [Scripture]. 1853 Marsden Early Purit. 391 The familists did not escape the watchful vigilance of the privy council. |