HT4436 Can I use one iCloud account for multiple apple ID's - ie, all of those that are part of our family sharing?

There are five members of my family and we each have multiple devices, it seems.  I want to know if we can set up one iCloud account where we can store all of our iTunes downloads (movies, TVshows, & music) from more than one account.

Purchases may not be transferred from one account to another.

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    Let me help those that have responded so far, and those still awaiting an answer.
    An account for iCloud does also include log-ins for the iOS App Store / Mac App Store / iTunes Desktop Application , but an iCloud account on any device iOS / Mac / PC does not have to match the App Store / iTunes account which certainly has its account login limitations per device as has been pointed out.
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