parentage

Noun

Meaning

Descent from parents or ancestors; parents or ancestors considered with respect to their rank or character; extraction; birth; as, a man of noble parentage.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

parenthood line blood origin birth stock descent ancestry lineage pedigree bloodline stemma line of descent blood line house
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Antonyms

parenthood death root passing dying offspring
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Hypernyms

relationship kinship genealogy adulthood family tree family relationship

Hyponyms

sept family side folk kinfolk kinsfolk

Related terms

parentship parentdom

Phrases with the word

american of immigrant parentage parentage analysis parentage verification

Anagrams

pageanter

Examples

Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever imposed in the interest of the children. George Bernard Shaw

I don't want to do the type of writing where I recite biography, parentage and education. I want to rise up from the words on the page and do something, hurt someone. Don DeLillo

I think the themes of belonging and parentage and love are obviously universal. Christopher Eccleston

I don't believe the accident of birth makes people sisters or brothers. It makes them siblings. Gives them mutuality of parentage. Sisterhood and brotherhood is a condition people have to work at. Maya Angelou

She has confessed her parentage to me. Since then, the first enchantment ruined. Joseph Goebbels

Character is better than ancestry, and personal conduct is more important than the highest parentage. Thomas John Barnardo

Close letter words and terms

parent-teacher association parent-teacher organization parent-teacher-student association parentage analysis parentage verification parental