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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun parentage has 3 senses
- parentage(n = noun.state) parenthood - the state of being a parent; "to everyone's surprise, parenthood reformed the man" is a kind of adulthood
- parentage(n = noun.linkdef) birth - the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents; Array is a kind of family relationship, kinship, relationship
- parentage(n = noun.group) ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, pedigree, stemma, stock - the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors" has particulars: family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept, side
Derived form verb parent1
Derived form verb parent1
is a kind of family tree, genealogy
Derived form verb parent1
CIDE DICTIONARY
parentage, n. [Cf. F. parentage relationship.].
Descent from parents or ancestors; parents or ancestors considered with respect to their rank or character; extraction; birth; as, a man of noble parentage. Shak. [1913 Webster]
"Though men esteem thee low of parentage."
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
parentage, n. lineage; descent from or through parents (their parentage is unknown).
Etymology
ME f. OF (as PARENT)
THESAURUS
parentage
ancestry, birth, bloodline, descent, extraction, family, grandfatherhood, grandmotherhood, grandparentage, heritage, line, lineage, origin, parenthood, pedigree, progenitorship, roots, stock, strainROGET THESAURUS
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Consanguinity
N consanguinity, relationship, kindred, blood, parentage, filiation, affiliation, lineage, agnation, connection, alliance, family connection, family tie, ties of blood, nepotism, kinsman, kinfolk, kith and kin, relation, relative, connection, sibling, sib, next of kin, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, cousin, cousin- german, first cousin, second cousin, cousin once removed, cousin twice removed, ear relation, distant relation, brother, sister, one's own flesh and blood, family, fraternity, brotherhood, sisterhood, cousinhood, race, stock, generation, sept, stirps, side, strain, breed, clan, tribe, nation, related, akin, consanguineous, of the blood, family, allied, collateral, cognate, agnate, connate, kindred, affiliated, fraternal, intimately related, nearly related, closely related, remotely related, distantly related, allied, german.Paternity
N paternity, parentage, consanguinity, parent, father, sire, dad, papa, paterfamilias, abba, genitor, progenitor, procreator, ancestor, grandsire, grandfather, great- grandfather, fathership, fatherhood, mabap, house, stem, trunk, tree, stock, stirps, pedigree, lineage, line, family, tribe, sept, race, clan, genealogy, descent, extraction, birth, ancestry, forefathers, forbears, patriarchs, motherhood, maternity, mother, dam, mamma, materfamilias, grandmother, paternal, parental, maternal, family, ancestral, linear, patriarchal, avi numerantur avorum, happy he with such a mother, hombre bueno no le busquen abolengo, philosophia stemma non inspicit.
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