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filiality|fɪlɪˈælɪtɪ|
[f. prec. + -ity. Cf. Fr. filialité.]
a. The relation of a son or daughter to a parent.
b. The quality of being filial.
1615T. Adams Two Sonnes 70 There are that chalenge a filialitie—as the Jewes—‘we have one Father even God’. 1633― Exp. 2 Peter i. 4. 75 Infinite good things we partake, if we be sonnes; but all lies in the assurance of this filialitie. 1775in Ash. 1829Jas. Mill Hum. Mind (1869) II. xiv. 53 Paternity connotes filiality. 18..R. Thomas in Chr. World Pulpit No. 432. 87 Irreligion is as unnatural as want of filiality in a child. |