Hypertext Webster Gateway: "parentage"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}, {stock}]
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