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parentage

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Parentage \Par"ent*age\, 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.

         Though men esteem thee low of parentage. --Milton.

Source : WordNet®

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}]
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