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Definition: FAMILISTERY

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A community in which many persons unite as in one family, and are regulated by certain communistic laws and customs.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Familistery" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Familistery \Fam"i*lis*ter*y\, noun; plural Familisteries. [French expression familist[`e]re.]. (references)

Definition: FAMILISTERY

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. A community in which many persons unite as in one family, and are regulated by certain communistic laws and customs.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "FAMILISTERY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Familistery \Fam"i*lis*ter*y\, noun; plural Familisteries. [French expression familist[`e]re.]. (references)