familiars
- 1Plural of familiar.
Trial records from the period describe several familiars said to take the shape of cats and toads.
Court testimony accused the woman of sending her familiars to spoil a neighbor's crops.
Note
A regular plural, made by adding -s, and it belongs only to the noun: the adjective familiar, as in a familiar face, never takes it. Beyond a witch's attendant spirits, the plural can name the members of a pope's or bishop's household, or historically the Inquisition's arresting officers. In older writing it may mean household members or close friends, uses now obsolete.
familiars is a form of familiar
familiar, noun: An attendant spirit serving a witch or magician, often taking the form of an animal or demon. Full entry
- Forms
- familiarfamiliars plural
- Spelling
- familiar → familiars: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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