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   affiliation

   /əˌfɪlɪˈeɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the state or process of affiliating or being affiliated: "the group has no affiliation to any preservation society"

   Word Origin early 17th century (in the rare sense ‘adoption of a child’): from French, from medieval Latin affiliatio(n-), from the verb affiliare (see affiliate). The modern sense dates from the late 18th century.

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