affiliatedadj.
/əˈfɪlɪeɪtᵻd/, U.S. /əˈfɪliˌeɪdᵻd/ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > [adjective] > related by adoption
adoptivec1429
adopted1483
adoptative1557
adoptiousa1616
affiliated1623
adoptional1660
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Adfiliated, adopted for a sonne.
2.
a. That is connected with a larger or more established body, often as a branch or subsidiary part; that is associated with a main or major group; that is an affiliate or member.
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society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > [adjective] > affiliated
affiliated1767
filiated1810
1767 Trial England’s Cicero iii. 19 To display and blazon forth the merits of Grubstreet, and her affiliated adherents.
1795 Monthly Rev. 16 528 Soliciting the provincial affiliated societies to separate from the republicans.
1836 A. Alison Hist. Europe from French Revol. V. xlii. 655 Surrounding France with a girdle, not of affiliated republics, but of dependent dynasties.
1863 A. Jameson Legends Monastic Orders (ed. 3) 138 And numbered, within a century after its foundation, 3000 affiliated monasteries.
1889 Science 24 May 396/2 Delegates from affiliated societies were introduced, representing..the Numismatical and Antiquarian Society.
1926 A. Pugh & W. Citrine Circular 12 May in K. Laybourn Brit. Trade Unionism (1991) 150 It was with..this object alone, that the General Council assumed the grave responsibility of calling upon its affiliated organisations to unite in strike action.
1949 H. A. R. Gibb Mohammedanism ix. 151 Initiates..often founded daughter monasteries, and from a single centre a chain of affiliated institutions spread far and wide.
1984 Yale Law Jrnl. 93 1361 The IRS has similarly allowed tax-exempt hospitals to form joint ventures and limited partnerships with affiliated doctors to purchase expensive medical equipment.
1993 Moneyclips (Nexis) 26 May Inter-Continental Hotels, recognizing a social responsibility to protect the world environment, issued guidelines on the environment in 1990 to affiliated hotels around the world.
2006 P. Finkelman Encycl. Amer. Civil Liberties I. 1500/1 The reemergence of Ku Klux Klan and affiliated groups in the late 1970s to early 1980s.
b. Of a number of people, institutions, etc.: associated to form a larger body or organization, on the basis of a common purpose or of shared characteristics.
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1894 B. A. Hinsdale How to study & teach Hist. 156 The southern part of the easternmost of the three Mediterranean peninsulas was, however, occupied by a group of affiliated tribes or peoples.
1931 Good Housek. (U.S. ed.) Dec. 4/1 This work is carried on by..affiliated tuberculosis associations and committees throughout the United States, each supported by the sale of Christmas Seals.
1983 P. Dallas Ital. Wines (new ed.) vii. 108 Some of the wines employed in these came from affiliated co-operatives in other parts of Italy though the Rosato is a Lambrusco and the Bianco a blend of Trebbiano and Sauvignon.
2000 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) 17 Jan. 55/3 Lots of weblogs—or blogs, as some call them—are run by one person. Others are collaborative efforts, produced by a loosely affiliated group of acquaintances.
3. As the second element in compounds: that is a member of or associated with what is denoted by the first element.
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1915 Mansfield (Ohio) News 13 July 6/1 Jew or Gentile, church-affiliated or non church-affiliated, but all alike have been moved by the same spirit of humanity and mercy.
1960 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 60 262/2 (advt.) University-affiliated inservice education.
1993 U.S. News & World Rep. 11 Jan. 30/3 The Labor Party-affiliated Histadrut trade union is now trying to block Rabin's pledge for national health care reform.
2010 Cathedral Music May 22/1 All choristers in the choir attend St Thomas Choir School, the only church-affiliated residential choir school in the United States.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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