Affiliation
Pronunciation : Af*fil`i*a"tion
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. affiliation, LL. affiliatio.]
Definition : 1. Adoption; association or reception as a member in or of the same family or society.
2. (Law)
Defn: The establishment or ascertaining of parentage; the assignment of a child, as a bastard, to its father; filiation.
3. Connection in the way of descent. H. Spencer.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913