Familist

/ ˈfæmɪlɪst /

noun

1. a member of the Family of Love, a mystical Christian religious sect of the 16th and 17th centuries based upon love

Derived Forms

• ˈFamiˌlism, noun

Example Sentences

Carrasco’s architect friend, Jesús Ramos, says that the poisoned atmosphere in León reflected what he calls Spain’s “familist” society – where a weak welfare state provides no real safety net.

From The Guardian

The chief industry is the manufacture of iron stoves and heating apparatus, carried on on the co-operative system in works founded by J. B. A. Godin, who built for his workpeople the huge buildings known as the familist�re, in front of which stands his statue.

From Project Gutenberg

He profited, however, by its failure, and in 1859 started the familist�re or community settlement of Guise on more carefully laid plans.

From Project Gutenberg

In 1871 Godin was elected deputy for Aisne, but retired in 1876 to devote himself to the management of the familist�re.

From Project Gutenberg

She then described enthusiastically the great Familist�re, or residence establishment, begun by Godin about 1859—the large quadrangular buildings with courts covered in with glass, the co�perative shops and schools, the arrangements even for co�perative char-women, till it seemed as if she were quoting from some dreamer's Utopian fable.

From Project Gutenberg