[f. as prec. + -NESS.] The quality of being filial; filial affection or conduct.
1727. in Bailey, vol. II.
1775. in Ash.
1874. Bp. Magee, in Hansard, CCXIX. 27. There is something very one-sided in this cry for fatherliness from the Bishops when they meet with no filialness, and I should like to have some reciprocity.
