parentage

  • 21parentage — /ˈpɛərəntɪdʒ/ (say pairruhntij) noun 1. derivation from parents; birth, lineage, or family; origin: *I ve heard that a girl has to be of good parentage before she can become a nun. –xavier herbert, 1938. 2. the state of being a parent …

  • 22parentage — n. lineage; descent from or through parents (their parentage is unknown). Etymology: ME f. OF (as PARENT) …

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  • 23PARENTAGE — s. m. Parenté. Il a vieilli …

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  • 24parentage — Synonyms and related words: ancestry, birth, bloodline, descent, extraction, family, grandfatherhood, grandmotherhood, grandparentage, heritage, line, lineage, origin, parenthood, pedigree, progenitorship, roots, stock, strain …

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  • 25parentage — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. ancestry, origin, paternity; see family 1 , heredity . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun One s ancestors or their character or one s ancestral derivation: ancestry, birth, blood, bloodline, descent, extraction, family,… …

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  • 26parentage — par·ent·age || perÉ™ntɪdÊ’ / peÉ™r n. descent from parents, lineage; parenthood, state of being a father or mother …

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  • 27parentage — n. Extraction, birth, descent, lineage, pedigree, stock, origin, family, ancestry …

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  • 28parentage — n ancestry, ancestral line, lineage, descent, birth, origin, derivation, extraction, filiation; family, dynasty, tribe, clan; race, strain, stock, breed, bloodline, pedigree, stem, branch, stirps; heredity, genealogy, family tree; heritage,… …

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  • 29parentage — par·ent·age …

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  • 30parentage — par•ent•age [[t]ˈpɛər ən tɪdʒ, ˈpær [/t]] n. 1) derivation or descent from parents or ancestors; birth, origin, or lineage 2) the state or relation of a parent; parenthood • Etymology: 1480–90; < MF …

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