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Webster 1913 Edition

Filial

Fil′ial

,
Adj.
[L.
filialis
, fr.
filius
son,
filia
daughter; akin to e.
female
,
feminine
. Cf.
Fitz
.]
1.
Of or pertaining to a son or daughter; becoming to a child in relation to his parents;
as,
filial
obedience
.
2.
Bearing the relation of a child.
And thus the
filial
Godhead answering spoke.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Filial

FIL'IAL

,
Adj.
[L. filius, a son, flia, a daughter.]
1.
Pertaining to a son or daughter; becoming a child in relation to his parents. Filial love is such an affection as a child naturally bears to his parents. Filial duty or obedience is such duty or obedience as the child owes to his parents.
2.
Bearing the relation of a son.
Springs of like leaf erect their filial heads.

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