fil1al

[As if from a Lat. filial is, from filius =a son; filia a daughter; Fr., Sp., & Port. filial; Ital. filiale.] 1. Pertaining to a son or daughter; becoming or befitting a child in relation to his parents. "That struggle of filial duty with conjugal affection."Macaulay. Hist . Eng . , ch. xvi. *2. Bearing the relation of a son. "Thus the filial Godhead answering spoke." Milton: P. L., vi. 722.