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Found 4 hits - Term: parentage, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
parentage \par"entage\ p^ar"entaslj; 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

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
parentage
     n 1: the state of being a parent; "to everyone's surprise,
          parenthood reformed the man" syn: parenthood
     2: the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents syn: 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, stemma, stock
see also:
parenthood birth lineage line line of descent descent 
bloodline blood line blood pedigree ancestry 
origin stemma stock 
[3] : 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




[4] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
parentage. kindred. vide 2 bouv. inst. n. 1955; branch; line. 




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