noun Download 🔗Share (Roman law) The paterfamilias, his legitimate descendants and their wives, and all persons adopted into his family and their wives. Examples : "In Roman law, the responsibility for the actions of everyone within the familia rested ultimately with the paterfamilias. " family law property Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A household or religious community under one head, regarded as a unit. Examples : "The farmer's familia, including his children and farmhands, worked together from sunrise to sunset. " family religion group Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading