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Family
Family
v. t.
The
collective
body
of
persons
who
live
in
one
house
,
and
under
one
head
or
manager
; a
household
,
including
parents
,
children
,
and
servants
,
and
, as
the
case
may
be,
lodgers
or
boarders
.
Family
v. t.
The
group
comprising
a
husband
and
wife
and
their
dependent
children
,
constituting
a
fundamental
unit
in
the
organization
of
society
.
Family
v. t.
Those
who
descend
from
one
common
progenitor
; a
tribe
,
clan
, or
race
;
kindred
;
house
; as,
the
human
family
;
the
family
of
Abraham
;
the
father
of a
family
.
Family
v. t.
Course
of
descent
;
genealogy
;
line
of
ancestors
;
lineage
.
Family
v. t.
Honorable
descent
;
noble
or
respectable
stock
; as, a
man
of
family
.
Family
v. t.
A
group
of
kindred
or
closely
related
individuals
; as, a
family
of
languages
; a
family
of
States
;
the
chlorine
family
.
Family
v. t.
A
group
of
organisms
,
either
animal
or
vegetable
,
related
by
certain
points
of
resemblance
in
structure
or
development
,
more
comprehensive
than
a
genus
,
because
it is
usually
based
on
fewer
or
less
pronounced
points
of
likeness
. In
zoology
a
family
is
less
comprehesive
than
an
order
; in
botany
it is
often
considered
the
same
thing
as an
order
.
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