Definition of Familiars

1. Noun. (plural of familiar) ¹

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Definition of Familiars

1. familiar [n] - See also: familiar

Lexicographical Neighbors of Familiars

familiarising
familiarities
familiarity breeds contempt
familiarization
familiarizations
familiarize
familiarized
familiarizer
familiarizers
familiarizes
familiarizing
familiarly
familiarness
familiarnesses
familiars
familiary
familicidal
familicide
familicides
families
familism
familisms
familist
familisteries
familistery
familistic
familistical
famils

Literary usage of Familiars

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of the Inquisition of Spain by Henry Charles Lea (1906)
"As far as regards Castile, Charles V had overthrown this in criminal matters for both officials and familiars. Civil cases remained in a somewhat ..."

2. A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages by Henry Charles Lea (1922)
"They bribed one of the familiars, Bernard Garric, to burn them, but the conspiracy was discovered and its authors punished. One of these, a lawyer named ..."

3. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"Inquisition ; and some, as Familiars, conducted the victims to the scene of torture. In the days of Charles II. the huge stone statues of the four ..."

4. The Inquisition in the Spanish Dependencies: Sicily--Naples--Sardinia--Milan by Henry Charles Lea (1908)
"In the city of Mexico there are allowed twelve familiars, in the cathedral towns four, ... In civil suits the familiars are not entitled to the fuero, ..."

5. The British Drama: Comprehending the Best Plays in the English Language by Sir Walter Scott, Walter Scott (1804)
"Not afore night, I have told them, in a voire, Through the trunk, like nne of your familiars. But I have spied sir Epicure Mammon. Sub. Where? D0/. ..."

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