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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
parage \par"age\, n. f., fr. l. par, adj., equal. cf.
peerage, peer an equal.
1. old eng. law equality of condition, blood, or dignity;
also, equality in the partition of an inheritance.
--spelman.
1913 webster
2. feudal law equality of condition between persons holding
unequal portions of a fee. --burrill.
1913 webster
3. kindred; family; birth. obs. --ld. berners.
1913 webster
we claim to be of high parage. --chaucer.
1913 webster
see also:
peerage peer
- [2] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
parage. equality of name or blood, but more especially of land in the
partition of an inheritance among co-heirs, hence comes disparage and
disparagement. co. litt. 166.
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