‖ familistère
(familistɛr)
[Fr.]
= familistery.
| 1880 Encycl. Brit. XI. 265/2 A palatial familistère with accommodation for 400 families. 1886 Sci. Amer. Suppl. 10 July 8761/3 In 1859 Godin put up a large building, called the ‘familistere’, for the accommodation of 300 families, adding a theater, school-house, etc. 1899 Daily News 15 Sept. 3/2 The famillistère [sic] founded by M. Goudin at Guise. |