n. [ From Family. ] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a fanatical Antinomian sect originating in Holland, and existing in England about 1580, called the Family of Love, who held that religion consists wholly in love. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.; pl.Familisteries [ F. familistère. ] A community in which many persons unite as in one family, and are regulated by certain communistic laws and customs.