Meaning of FILIAL
| Pronunciation: | | 'fileeul
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- [adj] relating to or characteristic of or befitting an offspring; "filial respect"
- [adj] (genetics) designating the generation or the sequence of generations following the parental generation
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| | Synonyms: | | daughterly |
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| | Antonyms: | | maternal, parental, parental, paternal | | |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Fil"ial\, a. [L. filialis, fr. filius son, filia
daughter; akin to e. female, feminine. Cf. {Fitz}.]
1. Of or pertaining to a son or daughter; becoming to a child
in relation to his parents; as, filial obedience.
2. Bearing the relation of a child.
And thus the filial Godhead answering spoke.
--Milton.
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| | Related Terms: | | adoring, affectionate, conjugal, daughterlike, daughterly, demonstrative, devoted, faithful, fond, husbandly, languishing, lovelorn, lovesick, lovesome, loving, maternal, melting, parental, paternal, romantic, sentimental, soft, sonlike, sonly, tender, uxorious, wifely |
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