You use ~ to refer to a person’s family in former times, especially when the family is important and has property or land which they have had for a long time.
...the family’s ~ home in southern Germany.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
You use ~ to refer to a person’s family in former times, especially when the family is important and has property or land which they have had for a long time.
...the family’s ~ home in southern Germany.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012