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Definition of filial adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

filial

adjective
 
/ˈfɪliəl/
 
/ˈfɪliəl/
[usually before noun] (formal)
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  1. connected with the way children behave towards their parents
    • filial affection/duty
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryFilial is used with these nouns:
    • duty
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, or from ecclesiastical Latin filialis, from filius ‘son’, filia ‘daughter’.
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