My fortunes parentage good parentage To equal mine! was it not thus? What say you?
Jeo sui de bon parentage - I am of noble birth
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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 — Par ent*age (p[^a]r ent*[asl]j; 277), 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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
