parentage
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
parentage
n 1: the state of being a parent; "to everyone's surprise,
parenthood reformed the man" [syn: {parenthood},
{parentage}]
2: the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents [syn:
{parentage}, {birth}]
3: the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has
been warriors" [syn: {lineage}, {line}, {line of descent},
{descent}, {bloodline}, {blood line}, {blood}, {pedigree},
{ancestry}, {origin}, {parentage}, {stemma}, {stock}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Parentage \Par"ent*age\ (p[^a]r"ent*[asl]j; 277), 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. "Wilt thou
deny thy parentage?" --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Though men esteem thee low of parentage. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "parentage":
ancestry, birth, bloodline, descent, extraction, family,
grandfatherhood, grandmotherhood, grandparentage, heritage, line,
lineage, origin, parenthood, pedigree, progenitorship, roots,
stock, strain
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