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Added 9 October 2026

familia

/fəˈmɪlɪə/ noun

Latin root: familia Wiktionary

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A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below ordo and above genus.
A taxon at this rank.

noun

A household or religious community under one head, regarded as a unit.
The paterfamilias, his legitimate descendants and their wives, all persons adopted into his family and their wives, and all slaves belonging to the household.

Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin familia (“family”). Doublet of family.

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