Definition of Filial. Meaning of Filial. Synonyms of Filial

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Definition of Filial

Filial
Filial Fil"ial, a. [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.

Meaning of Filial from wikipedia

- Look up filial in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Filial may refer to: Filial church, a Roman Catholic church to which is annexed the cure of souls, but...
- Filial piety is the virtue of exhibiting love and respect for one's parents, elders, and ancestors, particularly within the context of Confucian, Chinese...
- Filial cannibalism occurs when an adult individual of a species consumes all or part of the young of its own species or immediate offspring. Filial cannibalism...
- Filial Party (Chinese: 我是孝子) is a 2014 Singaporean comedy-drama film directed by Boris Boo, starring Christopher Lee, Mark Lee, Ann Kok and Hayley Woo...
- Filial responsibility laws (filial support laws, filial piety laws) are laws in the United States that impose a duty, usually upon adult children, for...
- The Sutra of Filial Piety (or Sutra on the Profundity of Filial Love, Sutra on Parental Benevolence, Chinese: 佛說大報父母恩重經) is an apocryphal sutra composed...
- Filial mourning (simplified Chinese: 丁忧; traditional Chinese: 丁憂; pinyin: dīngyōu) refers to a bureaucratic norm, practiced since the Han dynasty, whereby...
- F1 hybrid (also known as filial 1 hybrid) is the first filial generation of offspring of distinctly different parental types. F1 hybrids are used in genetics...
- Filial therapy is a type of psychotherapy designed to treat emotional and behavioral difficulties in children; it was formulated by Bernard Guerney in...
- A filial church, in the Roman Catholic Church, is a church to which is annexed the cure of souls, but which remains dependent on another church. The term...