Parentage

Word PARENTAGE
Character 9
Hyphenation par ent age
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Parentage"

What do we mean by parentage?

Descent from parents; lineage. noun

The state or relationship of being a parent. noun

Derivation from a source; origin. noun

Derivation from parents: as, the parentage of a child; in general, birth; origin: as, the parentage of an animal or a plant: by extension, derivation from an author or source: as, the parentage of a book, or of a legislative bill. noun

Specifically, condition with respect to the rank or character of parents or ancestors: as, a person of mean parentage; a man of noble parentage. noun

Parents collectively. noun

The parental relationship as exhibited in the recognition and care of children. noun

Descent from parents or ancestors; parents or ancestors considered with respect to their rank or character; extraction; birth. noun

Of or pertaining to one's parents, and in particular, the legitimacy of one's birth. noun

The social quality of your class in society. noun

Origin; derivation noun

The kinship relation of an offspring to the parents noun

The descendants of one individual noun

The state of being a parent noun

The identity and nature of one's parents, and in particular, the legitimacy of one's birth.

The social quality of one's class in society.

Origin; derivation

Synonyms and Antonyms for Parentage

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The word "parentage" in example sentences

In chambers today in Los Angeles, the judge presiding over this case decided that he, in fact, has jurisdiction over what he calls parentage issues. ❋ Unknown (2006)

So much of it so far has been about the pet store and buying purebreds, and that desire to have a “clean” dog, both in history and parentage, is part of the problem. ❋ Unknown (2009)

So much of it so far has been about the pet store and buying purebreds, and that desire to have a ‘clean’ dog, both in history and parentage, is part of the problem. ❋ Unknown (2009)

When he shows reservations in embarking on an affair with her, she points out to him that as an illegitimate son, his parentage is uncertain, to which Spurio agrees. ❋ Fantasyecho (2008)

One of the bonus side effects of toxic parentage is a lack of childhood memories, so paper images also function as tangible proof of an events you can't recall. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Growing up spoiled in a life of luxury just down river from the Taj Mahal, at fifteen the news of Pran's true parentage is revealed to his father and he is tossed out into the streeta pariah and an outcast. ❋ Unknown (2002)

Growing up spoiled in a life of luxury just down river from the Taj Mahal, at fifteen the news of Pran's true parentage is revealed to his father and he is tossed out into the street - a pariah and an outcast. ❋ Unknown (2002)

Thou art called a Jew; not so much in parentage as profession. ❋ Unknown (1721)

Having already been burned on the Rove-is-indicted and the Iranian Jewish-star stories last month, I am certainly willing to read and discuss alternate points of view on this story, ratchet up my healthy skepticism, and I am more than happy to do it in a civil discourse as opposed to some of the more energetic methods at other blogs and sites wherein the writer's parentage is called into question and accusations of indecent conduct with certain barnyard creatures are levelled. ❋ Unknown (2006)

When, in a rare lucid moment, Ida reveals that she has withheld the shocking truth of his father’s identity, Victor must enlist the aid of his best friend, Denny, a recovering chronic masturbator, and his mother’s beautiful attending physician, Dr. Paige Marshall, to solve this mystery before the truth of his possibly divine parentage is lost forever. ❋ Unknown (2008)

When, in a rare lucid movement, Ida reveals that she has withheld the shocking truth of his father’s identity, Victor enlists the aid of his best friend, Denny (Brad William Henke) and his mother’s beautiful attending physician, Dr. Paige Marshall (Kelly Macdonald), to solve the mystery before the truth of his possibly divine parentage is lost forever. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Anonymity wasn't easy for me in Japan when my parentage was a matter of public record and schoolyard taunts. ❋ Unknown (2003)

This effort to deny citizenship to those born in the United States because of their parentage is a mark of a passionate movement that is playing footsie with unreason. ❋ Steve Sailer (2005)

The mere accident of his parentage was a factor that weighed nothing. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

Cura of New Gerona, and his parentage was the only thing remarkable about him. ❋ Edward Burnett Tylor (N/A)

The influence of the foreign born in a community, however, is better shown, perhaps, if we consider the number of those of foreign parentage, that is, the foreign born and their children, than if we consider the number of foreign born alone. ❋ Unknown (1909)

She gave the decision flatly, as if his parentage were a matter of her pleasure. ❋ Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow (1909)

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