sonship
Being someone's boy
Sonship is the state or condition of being a son.
It encompasses the relationship, rights, and responsibilities that come with being someone's male child.
The term appears most frequently in religious and legal contexts, where it carries particular weight: in Christian theology, believers are said to have sonship with God through adoption, while in law, sonship may determine inheritance and succession.
His sonship entitled him to a share of the estate.
Legal family formation
- belongingState of fitting in
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- covenantBinding formal pledge
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
salvation · baptism · election · reconciliation · sanctification · regeneration · justification · atonement
Male parent status
- filiationDescent from a parent
- familyRelated people together
- brotherhoodKinship among men
- parentageFamily line origin
descendants · progeny · bloodline · clan · relatives · siblings · consanguinity · genealogy
Inherited estate or legacy
- birthrightEntitlement from origin
- primogenitureEldest inherits all
- entailmentLogical necessity from premises
- successionFollowing in order
heir · beneficiary · legacy · bequest · estate · heritage · endowment · testament
Perceiving something as known
- acknowledgmentConfirmation of receipt
- legitimationFormal recognition as lawful
- bastardyState of illegitimate birth
- illegitimacyLacking lawful authority
paternity · birthright · claim · status · rights · succession · disinheritance
adoption
Legal family formation
- belongingState of fitting in
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- covenantBinding formal pledge
grace · salvation · baptism · election · reconciliation · sanctification · regeneration · justification · atonement · communion
paternity
Male parent status
- filiationDescent from a parent
- familyRelated people together
- brotherhoodKinship among men
parentage · descendants · progeny · bloodline · clan · relatives · siblings · consanguinity · genealogy · ancestry
patrimony
Inherited estate or legacy
- birthrightEntitlement from origin
- primogenitureEldest inherits all
- entailmentLogical necessity from premises
succession · heir · beneficiary · legacy · bequest · estate · heritage · endowment · testament · probate
recognition
Perceiving something as known
- acknowledgmentConfirmation of receipt
- legitimationFormal recognition as lawful
- bastardyState of illegitimate birth
illegitimacy · paternity · birthright · claim · status · rights · succession · disinheritance
- Pauline theologyPaul, Romans, faith alone, Galatians, justification
sonshipparenthood
State of having children
fatherhood · motherhood · paternity · maternity · parentage
son, sons, unison, resonant, resonance, grandson, resonate, dissonant, stepson