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(religion, historical) A member of the Family of Love religious group in 16th-century England..
Like Francis Bacon, Familists believed that men and women might recapture on earth the state of innocence which existed before the Fall: their enemies said they claimed to attain the perfection of Christ.
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Familist means (religion, historical) A member of the Family of Love religious group in 16th-century England..
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Like Francis Bacon, Familists believed that men and women might recapture on earth the state of innocence which existed before the Fall: their enemies said they claimed to attain the perfection of Christ.
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