affiliation

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Religious affiliation -- in religious affiliation, 8 percent of the vote -- not hardly as high as the 22 percent in most exit polls -- but most telling was the 80 percent response in those exit polls that President Bush is a clear -- sent forth a clear message, great clarity in his message.

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  1. Adoption; association in the same family or society; hence, consanguinity or kinship of feeling or character. There are a number of affiliations which were of at least equal antiquity with Adoption, and which, I suspect, served its object even more completely in very ancient times. Maine, Early Law and Custom, p. 98. So intense is our sense of affiliation with their nature, that we speak of them universally as our fathers. Whipple, Ess. and Rev., I. 221.
  2. Association in general; relation; connection; friendship; alliance. The merry gallants of a French colonial military service which had grown gross by affiliation with Spanish-American frontier life. G. W. Cable, Old Creole Days, p. 4. The population [of the disputed territory on the western boundary of Afghanistan] is sparse, with few affiliations with the Afghans. Science, V. 359.
  3. In law, the act of imputing or of determining the paternity of a child, and the fixing upon the father the obligation to provide for its maintenance.
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  • Religious affiliation -- in religious affiliation, 8 percent of the vote -- not hardly as high as the 22 percent in most exit polls -- but most telling was the 80 percent response in those exit polls that President Bush is a clear -- sent forth a clear message, great clarity in his message. —  CNN Transcript Nov 8, 2004
  • His motivation and maybe his affiliation is the indication and that's exactly what is right now under investigation. —  CNN Transcript Jul 5, 2002
  • "This affiliation is a way for us to be able to provide our clients with the full spectrum of services and expertise they need," said GrayRobinson President Byrd "Biff" Marshall. —  Philadelphia Business News - Local Philadelphia News | The Philadelphia Business Journal
  • A major focus of the affiliation will be the training of the next generation of leaders in ophthalmology in both countries and beyond. —  AMEinfo.com Latest News
  • So regardless if the affiliation is the same, perception is everything. —  CNN Transcript Jun 20, 2007
 

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  1. from French affiliation, from Middle Latin affiliatio(n-), adfiliatio(n-), from affiliare: see affiliate.
 

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