Definitions for filiation

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filiation fil·i·a·tion

Spelling: [fil-ee-ey-shuh n]

IPA: /ˌfɪl iˈeɪ ʃən/

Filiation is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 221 anagrams from letters in filiation (afiiilnot).

Definitions for filiation

noun

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

Origin of filiation

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

Examples for filiation

Wilt thou give me an inheritance, a filiation, any thing for my heart?

Our aim is only to indicate the main lines of filiation that have produced the prevailing novel of the day.

filiation is thus sometimes paternal and sometimes maternal.

Lawyers are of opinion, that filiation is necessary to legitimation, but not è contra.

In the sinister chief, a crescent denoted his filiation; underneath was the motto "Augmenter."

If the mere circumstance of filiation and descent creates no debt, it however is the principle of a very close connection.

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

I answered, 'The contest concerning Douglas's filiation was over long ago; but the contest now is, who shall have the estate.'

Thou art His by creation, but I am His also by adoption, filiation, sonship.

This filiation establishes the uterine relationship and, united to exogamy, prevents marriage between nearest relatives.