filiety

English

Etymology

From Late Latin filietatem, from filius (son).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /fɪˈlʌɪəti/

Noun

filiety (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The relation of a son to a father; sonship
    • 1843, John Stewart Mill, A System of Logic, volume 1:
      The paternity of A and the filiety of B are not two facts, but two modes of expressing the same fact.

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