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3. Those who descend from one common
progenitor; a tribe, clan, or race; kindred; house; as, the human
family; the family of Abraham; the father of a
family.

Go ! and pretend your family is
young.

4. Course of descent; genealogy; line of
ancestors; lineage.

5. Honorable descent; noble or respectable
stock; as, a man of family.

6. A group of kindred or closely related
individuals; as, a family of languages; a family of
States; the chlorine family.

7. (Biol.) A group of organisms,
either animal or vegetable, related by certain points of resemblance
in structure or development, more comprehensive than a genus, because
it is usually based on fewer or less pronounced points of likeness.
In zoölogy a family is less comprehesive than an order; in
botany it is often considered the same thing as an order.

Family circle. See under Circle.
-- Family man.


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