Parentage
['peər(ə)ntɪdʒ] or ['pɛrəntɪdʒ]
Definition
(n.) Descent from parents or ancestors; parents or ancestors considered with respect to their rank or character; extraction; birth; as, a man of noble parentage.
Checked by Laurie
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Extraction, birth, descent, lineage, pedigree, stock.
Checker: Lorenzo
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Descent, extraction, lineage, birth, stock, pedigree,[See BIRTH_and_LINEAGE]
Typist: Lottie
Examples
- Simply, the discovery of Oliver's parentage, and regaining for him the inheritance of which, if this story be true, he has been fraudulently deprived. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- And in return I will, at my own convenience, tell you what you desire to know about your parentage. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- You know--every one knows now--a painful story about my parentage. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He wanted to settle certain doubts about his true parentage. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- His mother had inflamed his mind by hints and vague speeches of some deep mystery about his parentage. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Favour me with an account of her--with her name, her parentage, her place of abode. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Does not this little book clear up the mystery of your parentage? Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Quite apart from the duties of parentage, perhaps ten per cent. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Harriet's parentage became known. Jane Austen. Emma.
- There existed proofs--proofs long suppressed--of his birth and parentage. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
Editor: Margie