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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 159 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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FAMILY , a word of which the See also:

ETYMOLOGY (Gr. grvµos, true, and X6yos, "account)

etymology but partially illustrates the meaning. The See also:

ROMAN

Roman familia, derived from the Oscan famel (serous), originally signified the servile See also:

PROPERTY

property, the thralls, of a 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. Next, the See also:

TERM

term denoted other domestic property, in things as well as in persons.

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