[fəˈmɪlɪə], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- well known from long or close association
(e.g: their faces will be familiar to many of you)

- in close friendship; intimate
(e.g: she had not realized they were on such familiar terms)


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Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘intimate’, ‘on a family footing’): from Old French familier, from Latin familiaris, from familia ‘household servants, family’, from famulus ‘servant’

[fəˈmɪlɪə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a demon supposedly attending and obeying a witch, often said to assume the form of an animal
(e.g: her familiars were her two little griffons that nested in her skirts)

- a close friend or associate

- (in the Roman Catholic Church) a person rendering certain services in a pope's or bishop's household


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘intimate’, ‘on a family footing’): from Old French familier, from Latin familiaris, from familia ‘household servants, family’, from famulus ‘servant’