AFFILIATION

AFFILIA'TION, noun Adoption; association in the same family or society.

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affiliation. Affiliation, n. the adoption of a son

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Af‐fil′i‐a″tion (�), n. [[F. affiliation, LL. affiliatio.]] 1. 1. Adoption; association or reception as a member in or of the same family or society.
2. 2. (Law) The establishment or ascertaining of parentage; the assignment of a child, as a bastard, to its father; filiation.
3. 3. Connection in the way of descent. H. Spencer.