A Bible handed down through a family, with each successive generation recording information about the family's history inside it.

plural of family Bible

plural of family grouping

(countable) The method in which individuals are grouped together into families that live together. / (countable) A group of individuals who are related by blood and/or by marriage.

A unit of people consisting of family members, distant or immediate.

plural of family unit

The quality of being family-friendly.

(slang, humorous) Empty seats at a theater, circus, etc., representing tickets that the venue failed to sell.

(dated, historical) A large, old-fashioned model of umbrella. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see family, roof.

plural of word family