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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 See also:

• FAMILY

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, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

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
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close relationship, friendship or intimacy . FAMILY " See also:

• FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, 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
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

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
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

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

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

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
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

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

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 .