Meaning of FILIATION
| Pronunciation: | | `filee'eyshun
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- [n] inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
- [n] the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
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| | Synonyms: | | ancestry, derivation, descent, line of descent, lineage, lineage |
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| | See Also: | | bilateral descent, bloodline, breed, descent, extraction, family relationship, hereditary pattern, inheritance, kinship, origin, pedigree, relationship, strain, unilateral descent | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Fil`i*a"tion\, n. [LL. filiatio, fr. L. filius son:
cf. F. filiation. See {Filial}.]
1. The relationship of a son or child to a parent, esp. to a
father.
The relation of paternity and filiation. --Sir M.
Hale.
2. (Law) The assignment of a bastard child to some one as its
father; affiliation. --Smart.
\Fil`i*a"tion\, n.
1. Descent from, or as if from, a parent; relationship like
that of a son; as, to determine the filiation of a
language.
2. One that is derived from a parent or source; an offshoot;
as, the filiations are from a common stock.
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