The relationship resulting from affiliating one thing with another.
A club, society or umbrella organisation so formed, especially a trade union.
The establishment of a child's paternity or maternity
The act of allying or uniting.
Marriage.
The persons or parties allied.
The state of being allied.
A union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league.
Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity.