filiationn.
/ˌfɪlɪˈeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌfɪliˈeɪʃən/ 1. Theology. The process of becoming, or the condition of being, a son.Many dictionaries have a sense ‘adoption as a son’, illustrated by the first of our quots. from Donne. The sense is etymologically justifiable, and may probably exist; but quot. a16311 seems to show that it was not intended by Donne.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > the Trinity > the Son or Christ > [noun] > process of becoming
filiationa1529
a1529 J. Skelton Prayer to Father in Prayers 18 The only Sonne of God by filiacion.
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1956) VIII. 301 God hath forgot all these paternities, all these filiations..all these inviscerations of Israel into his own bosome.
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1956) VIII. 302 God shall forget his former paternities, and our former filiations.
1720 D. Waterland 8 Serm. Divinity of Christ 155 Those Expressions of Image, or Form of God, relate to Christ's Sonship or Filiation.
1893 A. M. Fairbairn Place Christ in Mod. Theol. 491 Continuous incarnation is progressive filiation.
2. The designating (of a person) as a son; ascription of sonship.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > son > [noun] > ascription of sonship
filiation1659
affiliation1798
filiety1851
1659 J. Pearson Expos. Apostles Creed ii. 208 After our Saviours Nomination immediately followeth his Filiation.
3. The fact of being the child of a specified parent. Also, a person's parentage; ‘whose son one is’.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > relationship to parent > [noun] > being child of specific parent
filiation1611
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xix. 712/1 Yee be borne within this land..and all the three Estates of the Land haue..knowledge of your birth and filiation aforesaid.
1816 E. Malone in J. Boswell Life Johnson I. 150 (note) Mr. Cust's reasoning, with respect to the filiation of Richard Savage.
1872 H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. (ed. 2) II. viii. v. 569 Where the monogamous relation makes filiation clear.
4. The fact of being descended or derived, or of originating from; descent, transmission from.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [noun] > origination or derivation
originalc1425
originationc1443
offspringa1500
origin1528
descent1532
outspring1538
breeding1549
pedigree1566
exorture1578
genesis1604
edition1605
derivation1609
elementing1638
procedure1651
ingeneration1652
originacy1659
filiation1799
upgrowth1844
1799 R. Kirwan Geol. Ess. 323 The resemblance..by no means evinces the filiation of the latter from the former.
1862 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire VII. Addit. Pref. p. xiii The..institutions of modern Europe are derived by more direct filiation from those of Rome.
1874 J. P. Mahaffy Social Life Greece vii. 199 The filiation of Aristophanes' comedies from these choruses.
5. The relation of one thing to another from which it may be said to be descended or derived; position in a genealogical classification.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > lineage or descent > genealogy as study > [noun] > genealogical record > position in
filiation1794
1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. p. xv The intricate filiation and connection of these productions.
1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species xiii. 423 The proper..arrangement..would connect together all languages..and would give the filiation and origin of each tongue.
1864 H. Spencer Illustr. Progress 131 This he asserts to be the true filiation of the sciences.
6. Formation of branches or offshoots; chiefly concrete, a branch or offshoot of a society or language.
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the mind > language > a language > [noun] > family of languages > branch or offshoot
filiation1777
society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > [noun] > affiliation
filiation1777
affiliation1868
affiliate1879
1777 W. Dalrymple Trav. Spain & Portugal 110 The order of Alcantara was instituted a filiation of Calatrava.
1814 J. Berington Lit. Hist. Middle Ages (1846) v. 231 The northern dialects..were filiations from one Common Stock.
1832 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 31 65 The democratical party, with their numerous filiations, in the towns.
1890 J. T. Fowler Cistercian Statutes 5 That great system of filiation and visitation which went so far to make up what has been called the ‘Cistercian idea’.
7. = affiliation n. 2a. literal and figurative.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > father > fatherhood > [noun] > paternal relationship > attribution of
filiation1561
affiliation1798
1561 in F. J. Furnivall Child-marriages, Divorces, & Ratifications Diocese Chester (1897) 86 Margaret Wilkinson came to the Vicar of Budworth with a filiacion.
1839 Ld. Brougham Hist. Sketches Statesmen George III (ed. 2) 60 A mandamus to the Justices to make an order of filiation upon a foreign ambassador's secretary.
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