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FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from See also:
LAT
Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, See also:
FAMILY
family) , an See also:

ADJECTIVE (from the Lat. adjectives, added)

adjective, properly meaning belonging to the family or See also:

HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household, but in this sense the word is rare. The more usual meanings are: friendly, intimate, well known; and from its application to the easy relationsof intimate See also:

friends the See also:

TERM

term may be used in an invidious sense of "See also:

FREE

free and easy " conduct on the See also:

PART

part of any one not justified by any See also:

close relationship, friendship or intimacy. FAMILY " Familiar" is, however, also used as a substantive, especially of the spirit or demon which attended on a wizard or magician, and was summoned to execute his See also:

MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master's wishes. The See also:

IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea underlies the notion of the See also:

Christian See also:

GUARDIAN

guardian See also:

ANGEL

angel and of the See also:

ROMAN

Roman See also:

GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

genius natalis (see See also:

DEMONOLOGY (L1alµwv, demon, genius, spirit)

DEMONOLOGY; See also:

WITCHCRAFT

WITCHCRAFT). In the Roman See also:

Church the term is applied to persons attached to the household of the See also:

pope or of bishops. These must actually do some domestic service. They are supported by their See also:

PATRON

patron, and enjoy privileges which in the See also:

case of the papal familiars are considerable. " Familiars of the See also:

HOLY

Holy See also:

OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

Office " were See also:

lay See also:

OFFICERS

officers of the See also:

INQUISITION, THE (Lat. inquisitio, an inquiry)

Inquisition, whose functions were chiefly those of See also:

POLICE (Fr. police, government, civil administration, a police force, Gr. sroXumeia, constitution, condition of a state, roars, city, state)

police, in making arrests, &c., of persons charged.

End of Article: FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

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