Though men esteem thee low of parentage. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
parentage — ⇒PARENTAGE, subst. masc. A. Lien de parenté. Croiriez vous qu ils [les bohémiens] se mirent tous à m adorer la dedans! Les marmots, cousins ou frères, car notre parentage était embrouillé, volaient pour moi des raisins et des pêches (ARÈNE, J.… … Encyclopédie Universelle
parentage — I noun ancestry, antecedents, birth, bloodline, derivation, descent, extraction, family, family connection, family tree, filiation, forebears, forefathers, foreparents, former generations, genealogical tree, genealogy, genesis, genus, house, line … Law dictionary
parentage — (n.) late 15c., parental conduct, from Fr. parentage (12c.), from parent (see PARENT (Cf. parent)). Meaning lineage is from 1560s; figurative use from 1580s … Etymology dictionary
parentage — du costé du pere, Agnatio … Thresor de la langue françoyse
parentage — Parentage. s. m. Parenté. Il vieillit, & ne s employe guere qu en vers … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
parentage — ► NOUN ▪ the identity and origins of one s parents; lineage … English terms dictionary
parentage — [per′ən tij, par′ən tij] n. [LME < MFr] 1. descent or derivation from parents or ancestors; lineage; origin 2. the position or relation of a parent; parenthood … English World dictionary
parentage — (pa ran ta j ) s. m. Union par les liens du sang ou par les alliances de. famille. • Si nommer en son parentage Une longue suite d aïeux, Que la gloire a mis dans les cieux, Est réputé grand avantage, MALH. IV, 5. • Tous ceux que le parentage … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
parentage — [[t]pe͟ərəntɪʤ[/t]] N UNCOUNT: oft of adj N Your parentage is the identity and origins of your parents. For example, if you are of Greek parentage, your parents are Greek. She s a Londoner of mixed parentage (English and Jamaican)... We are all… … English dictionary
parentage — noun a) Of or pertaining to ones parents, and in particular, the legitimacy of ones birth. My fortunes parentage good parentage To equal mine! was it not thus? What say you? b) The social quality of your class in society. Jeo sui de bon parentage … Wiktionary
