Hypertext Webster Gateway: "paternity"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Paternity \Pa*ter"ni*ty\, n. [L. paternitas: cf. F.
paternit['e]. See {Paternal}.]
1. The relation of a father to his child; fathership;
fatherhood; family headship; as, the divine paternity.

The world, while it had scarcity of people,
underwent no other dominion than paternity and
eldership. --Sir W.
Raleigh.

2. Derivation or descent from a father; male parentage; as,
the paternity of a child.

3. Origin; authorship.

The paternity of these novels was . . . disputed.
--Sir W.
Scott.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

paternity
n : the kinship relation between an offspring and the father
[syn: {fatherhood}]

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