The collective body of persons who live in one house, and under one head or manager; a household, including parents, children, and servants, and, as the case may be, lodgers or boarders.

The group comprising a husband and wife and their dependent children, constituting a fundamental unit in the organization of society.

Those who descend from one common progenitor; a tribe, clan, or race; kindred; house; as, the human family; the family of Abraham; the father of a family.

Course of descent; genealogy; line of ancestors; lineage.

Honorable descent; noble or respectable stock; as, a man of family.

A group of kindred or closely related individuals; as, a family of languages; a family of States; the chlorine family.

A group of organisms, either animal or vegetable, related by certain points of resemblance in structure or development, more comprehensive than a genus, because it is usually based on fewer or less pronounced points of likeness. In zoölogy a family is less comprehesive than an order; in botany it is often considered the same thing as an order.

A group bound by ties of affection, interdependence, biology, or legal standards.

a family of knots is a knot grouping that I feel belong together. I am the final arbiter on my website, but feel free to argue with me. 8)

Usually refers to the first group of investors providing funding to a seed or start-up company, made up of friends and family of the company's management.

A taxonomic category ranking below an order and above a genus. For plants, family names end in "-aceae". For animals, family names end in "-idae".

A term used in the classification of organisms (i.e., taxonomy). A family is made up of related Genera.

In botany, the grouping of several genera.

Includes householder and all relatives who are currently members of the household. ( American Travel Survey )

refers to two or more household members who are related to each other by blood, marriage, common-law or adoption and thereby constitute an economic family. Economic families are classified into "married couples" (couple families) with or without children under 18, "lone-parent families" with children under 18 and "other economic families." Married couples with no children under 18 refers to families with couples living with no children under the age of 18. Married couples with children under 18 refers to families with couples and their children under the age of 18. Lone-parent families are those in which either a male or female lone parent is the economic family reference person. Lone parent families with children under 18 refers to families with one parent and their children under the age of 18. All other families refers to families with couples, or lone parents living with relatives other than children under the age of 18 or non-family reference persons living with related household members.

In taxonomy, the category below the order and above the genus; a group of related, similar genera.

Much as we might wish, this doesn't go without saying yet. A family is a group of people who love and support each other, in good times and bad. Many Pagans find themselves abandoned by their birth families, so they create new families. Sometimes a coven or other spiritual groups can serve as a kind of family. Pagans respect all different kinds of family – nuclear families, extended families, single-parent families, Gay families, and much more.

in pen spinning, a family is a category or group that consists of several members. All members of the family have a common trait.

Level of taxonomy above Genus and below Order. For birds, Family names end in -idae. For example, the Family Corvidae includes crows, ravens, magpies, and jays; Columbidae includes doves and pigeons.

see group

Category containing related species, botanically, Genus

similar genera classified together.

a taxonomic level of organization containing several genera and multiple species

Your wife and children first, fellow coaches and the kids who play for you second, and you get to be third.

Elements found in the same column of the periodic table, also known as a group of elements.These elements will have similar properties.

A family is a group of two people or more (one of whom is designated as the householder) related by birth, marriage, or adoption and residing together; all such people (including related subfamily members) are considered as members of one family.

Category of plant classification that includes related genera. African Violets belong to the Gesneriad family.

A group of individuals committed to each other through relationship/kinship, interdependency, affection or trust.

A relationship in which people live together with commitment, form an economic unit and care for any young, and consider their identity to be significantly attached to the group.

The people in a household (qv) who are related by blood and marriage.

a taxonomic category containing a single or many genera

The assignee, his or her partner and their children

A scientific order of taxonomy (classification of organisms). A family is made up of related Genera.

A plant classification containing related genera.

This Confucian idea brings together several related notions. Two of them are: First, the duty of children to their parents, filial piety. Second, Family is important in the Five Constant Relationships since three of them involve family relationships: parent and child, husband and wife, elder sibling and junior sibling.

A scientific order of taxonomy which contains genera, or genus.

a group of one to many genera believed to be related phylogenetically, usually clearly separable from other such groups; the major taxonomic group between genus and order.

a division of classification including a number of genera agreeing in one or a set of characters and so closely related that they apparently are descended from one stem (definition by Smith).(empty)

The level of classification between order and genus.

a group of persons of common ancestry; clan.

in animal and plant classification, a subdivision of an order containing many related genera

A family is a group of two persons or more (one of whom is the householder) residing together and related by birth, marriage, or adoption.

In plant classification, a grouping of related plant genera.

The infraorders are classified into families.

In one form or another, the basic unit of all societies. Families are expected to perform certain functions, including providing an economic base for the physical maintenance and care of family members; an environment for growth, develop- ment, and socialization of its members; and a unit for bringing new members into society and nurturing them throughout the life cycle. (See also family groupings.)

a group of related plants or animals; in classification systems, family falls between order and genus in identifying living things.

Usually, a male and female couple with one or more children

in the Linnaean classification scheme, a category between order and genus that is a group of closely related genera or (rarely) a single genus; an onion is scientifically considered in the genus Allium, of the family Liliaceae, in the order Liliales

A group of animals or plants that are similar to one another in many ways.

A group of plants having biologically similar features. (flower anatomy, fruit type, etc.)

A grouping of components that share security objectives but may differ in emphasis or rigour.

(Ohana) A group related by blood or common interests.

taxonomic level in the Linnaean sequence that is above genus but below order. One or more famillies are included in an order eg Orchidaceae (orchids) and Talpidae (moles).

a group of genera taxonomically ordered according to related forms above genus, but below order.

Two spouses who are legally married or living common-law, or one or two adults (legally married or living common-law) and their dependent children.

A major category in the taxonomic hierarchy, comprising groups of similar genera. Families are thought by some to represent the highest natural grouping. The Latin names of families usually end in the suffix –aceae. Groups of similar families are placed in orders. Large families may be split into tribes.

The definition of "family" and family size is considered when calculating gross income on income-restricted loan programs or add-on options. Family includes the borrower and the borrower's spouse, brothers, sisters, parents, children over the age of 21 and non-related individuals over 18 who occupy the residence on a permanent basis.

A group of at least two people in a household based on marriage, cohabitation, blook relationships or adoption.

Family means the applicant, his or her spouse, and the biological or adoptive children or stepchildren of the applicant or his or her spouse under age 21 living in the same household. Family must also include the child for whom care is requested, the child's dependent blood-related and adoptive siblings, and the child's and sibling's parents living in the same household. The applicant may include in his or her family other persons related by blood or law to the applicant or his or her spouse living in the same household if they are dependent upon the family for more than 50 percent of their support. The applicant may include in his or her family a child of the applicant or his or her spouse under age 21 who is dependent upon the family for more than 50 percent of his or her support and who is a full-time student away at school, provided he or she has not established legal residence outside the family household.

Two or more persons related by birth, marriage or adoption who live together in the same housing unit. Unrelated roomers, boarders, live-in employees, or other non-relatives residing with the family are not included as members of the family, but are included as members of the family household.

Two or more persons living in the same household who are related to each other by blood, marriage or adoption.

The fifth group that scientists classify living things into. Each order is split into families. Example: The Muridae Family is in the Rodent Order.

Category in animal or plant classification that is above the genus and tribe and below the order; group of genera that share similar characteristics. (Scientific family names of insects always end in -idae).

(fam' ) In the scientific system of classification (taxonomy), family is the division between order and genus.

1. Many of us have families and practice the principles of AA with our families successfully. Our home group has a family night meeting once a year, and a family camping trip once a year. 2. For many, a home group becomes a supportive "second family".

One or more people living together as a single housekeeping unit. Those people may include guests, foster children and domestic servants employed by the homes' inhabitants.

Fifth highest main level of classification.