Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun familisteries (-riz). Same as
familistère .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A community in which many persons unite as in one family, and are regulated by certain communistic laws and customs.
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- noun A
community in which many peopleunite , like a singlefamily , and areregulated by certaincommunistic laws and customs.
Etymologies
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French familistère.
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hernesheir commented on the word familistery
Cf. phalanstery
November 27, 2012