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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FILIA'TION, n. [L. filius, a son.]
1. The relation of a son or child to a father; correlative to paternity.
2. Adoption.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors [syn: descent, line of descent, lineage, filiation]
2: inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline [syn: ancestry, lineage, derivation, filiation]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 15th century 1. a. filial relationship especially of a son to his father b. the adjudication of paternity 2. a. descent or derivation especially from a culture or language b. the act or process of determining such relationship

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 being the child of one or two specified parents. 2 (often foll. by from) descent or transmission. 3 the formation of offshoots. 4 a branch of a society or language. 5 a genealogical relation or arrangement. Etymology: F f. LL filiatio -onis f. L filius son

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Filiation 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Filiation 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.

Moby Thesaurus

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