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Webster 1913 Edition

(pâr′ent-ā̍j; 277)

Noun.

[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 thy parentage?”

Shak.

Though men esteem thee low of

parentage

Milton.

Noun.

Extraction; birth; condition with respect to the rank of parents; as a man of mean parentage; a gentleman of noble parentage.