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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Filiacioune, n. [e.m.E. filiacion (a 1529), med. L. filiātio.] Adoption as a son. —1490 Irland Mir. I. 27/34.
The haly spreit that is witnes of this … filiacioune adoptiue
