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   Familiar , a. [OE. familer, familier, F. familier, fr. L. familiaris, fr. familia family. See Family.]
   Of or pertaining to a family; domestic. “Familiar feuds.”  
   Byron.
   
   Syn. -- familial.
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   Closely acquainted or intimate, as a friend or companion; well versed in, as any subject of study; as, familiar with the Scriptures.
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   Characterized by, or exhibiting, the manner of an intimate friend; not formal; unconstrained; easy; accessible. “In loose, familiar strains.”  
   Addison.
   
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   Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar.
   Shak.
   
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   Well known; well understood; common; frequent; as, a familiar illustration.
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   That war, or peace, or both at once, may be
   As things acquainted and familiar to us.
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   There is nothing more familiar than this.
   Locke.
   
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   Improperly acquainted; wrongly intimate.
   Camden.
   
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   Familiar spirit, a demon or evil spirit supposed to attend at call.
   1 Sam. xxviii. 3, 7-9.
   
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   Familiar, n.
   An intimate; a companion.
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   All my familiars watched for my halting.
   Jer. xx. 10.
   
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   An attendant demon or evil spirit.
   Shak.
   
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   (Court of Inquisition) A confidential officer employed in the service of the tribunal, especially in apprehending and imprisoning the accused.
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