Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

familist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: familist
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of the Family of Love religious group in 16th-century England.

Example Sentences

"Like Francis Bacon, Familists believed that men and women might recapture on earth the state of innocence which existed before the Fall: their enemies said they claimed to attain the perfection of Christ."

Etymology

From family + -ist.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: family

Inflected Forms

familists (plural)

Questions

What does familist mean?: A member of the Family of Love religious group in 16th-century England.
Where does familist come from?: From family + -ist.

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