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familiar

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familiar
1. a supernatural spirit often assuming animal form, supposed to attend and aid a witch, wizard, etc.
2. a person, attached to the household of the pope or a bishop, who renders service in return for support
3. History an officer of the Inquisition who arrested accused persons


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In an image of a well-known face, for example, some parts may feel more familiar than others; when this happens, we have more belief in the accuracy of the familiar parts than in that of the unfamiliar parts.
I gazed around at the old familiar objects, at the old familiar grey and gloomy objects.
At that moment it struck me that there was something familiar about the house over the way.
 
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