A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; for example, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.
User Defined Definitions
"a social unit living together"
"primary social group; parents and children"
"a collection of things sharing a common attribute"
"people descended from a common ancestor"
"a person having kinship with another or others"
"a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities"
"an association of people who share common beliefs or activities"