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filiation

[ fil-ee-ey-shuhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the fact of being the child of a certain parent.
descent as if from a parent; derivation.
Law. the judicial determination of the paternity of a child, especially of one born out of wedlock.
the relation of one thing to another from which it is derived.
the act of filiating.
the state of being filiated.
an affiliated branch, as of a society.

filiation

/ ˌfɪlɪˈeɪʃən /

line of descent; lineage; derivation
the fact of being the child of certain parents
law the act or process of filiating
See affiliation order
law a less common word for affiliation order
the set of rules governing the attachment of children to their parents and its social consequences

1425–75; late Middle English filiacion < Medieval Latin fīliātiōn- (stem of fīliātiō ). See filiate, -ion

I am not sufficiently acquainted with the filiation of the Indian tribes, to know what relation the Botecudos bear to the Tupayas.

It is therefore strange that no critic should have emphasized and explained the close filiation between him and Montaigne.

The filiation of modern European tongues is known to every one.

The second fallacy which the historical citation is a little apt to suggest is that the filiation of ideas is a simple problem.

It appeared to me that, as it were, a spiritual filiation took place between him and me.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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