Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun 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. - noun [lowercase] The head of a family; a family man.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A member of a
religious sect , the Family of Love, in 16th century Europe
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Examples
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Church of Rome condemneth us, we likewise them; the sub-reformists and sectaries sentence the doctrine of our Church as damnable; the atomist, or familist, reprobates all these; and all these them again.
Sir Thomas Browne and his 'Religio Medici' an Appreciation Alexander Whyte 1878
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But are any indicators at all matching left-familist claims? suggests that:
Andrew Norton 2008
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copping some flak for suggesting that falling divorce rates are inconsistent with left-familist complaints that WorkChoices undermine the family.
Andrew Norton 2008
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