familist

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. One of the religious sect called the Family of Love, founded in Holland and England in the sixteenth century by Hans Niklas, or Nicholas, who was a disciple of David Joris (see Davidist, 2), and taught mystical doctrines based upon the theory that religion consists wholly in love independently of the form of faith. To them Moses was the prophet of hope, Christ the prophet of faith, and Hans Nicholas the prophet of love. The sect was prohibited by Queen Elizabeth in 1580, but existed till the middle of the next century.
2. n. [lowercase] The head of a family; a family man.

Wiktionary

1. n. A member of a religious sect, the Family of Love, in 16th century Europe

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a fanatical Antinomian sect originating in Holland, and existing in England about 1580, called the Family of Love, who held that religion consists wholly in love.