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Webster 1913 Edition


Parage

Par′age

,
Noun.
[F., fr. L.
par
, adj., equal. Cf.
Peerage
,
Peer
an equal.]
1.
(Old Eng. Law)
Equality of condition, blood, or dignity; also, equality in the partition of an inheritance.
Spelman.
2.
(Feudal Law)
Equality of condition between persons holding unequal portions of a fee.
Burrill.
3.
Kindred; family; birth.
[Obs.]
Ld. Berners.
We claim to be of high
parage
.
Chaucer.