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Brewer's: Familists
Members of the “Family of Love,” a fanatical sect founded by David George, of Delft, in 1556. They maintained that all men are of one family, and should love each other as brothers and sisters. Their system is called Familism.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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