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familiae

The correct spelling is familiae.

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The correct spelling is familiae. (Roman law) The paterfamilias, his legitimate descendants and their wives, and all persons adopted into his family and their wives.

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noun

  1. 1.(Roman law) The paterfamilias, his legitimate descendants and their wives, and all persons adopted into his family and their wives.
  2. 2.A household or religious community under one head, regarded as a unit.

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