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parentage

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par·ent·age  (pârn-tj, pr-)
n.
1. Descent from parents; lineage: of humble parentage.
2. The state or relationship of being a parent.
3. Derivation from a source; origin.

parentage
Noun
ancestry or family

Parentage parents collectively, 1513.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.parentageparentage - the state of being a parent; "to everyone's surprise, parenthood reformed the man"
adulthood - the state (and responsibilities) of a person who has attained maturity
2.parentage - the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents
family relationship, kinship, relationship - (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
3.parentage - the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"
kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, family line, sept, folk, family - people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"
side - a family line of descent; "he gets his brains from his father's side"
family tree, genealogy - successive generations of kin

parentage
Translations

parentage [ˈpɛərəntɪdʒ] nfamilia, linaje m;
of unknown parentage → de padres desconocidos
parentage [ˈpɛərəntɪdʒ] nnaissance f;
of unknown parentage → de parents inconnus
parentage [ˈpɛərəntɪdʒ] parent nHerkunft f;
of unknown parentage parent → unbekannter Herkunft
parentage [ˈpɛərəntɪdʒ] nnatali mpl;
of unknown parentage → di genitori sconosciuti

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Afterwards doubting his parentage he inquired of the Delphic god and heard himself the weird declared before to Laius.
The lines, however, if not by Poe, are the most successful imitation of his early mannerisms yet made public, and, in the opinion of one well qualified to speak, "are not unworthy on the whole of the parentage claimed for them.
I think it would hardly serve her, to establish her parentage for the information of her husband, and to drag her back to disgrace, after an escape of twenty years, pretty secure to last for life.
 
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