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Webster 1913 Edition
Paternity
1.
The relation of a father to his child; fathership; fatherhood; family headship;
as, the divine
. paternity
The world, while it had scarcity of people, underwent no other dominion than
paternity
and eldership. Sir W. Raleigh.
2.
Derivation or descent from a father; male parentage;
as, the
. paternity
of a child3.
Origin; authorship.
The
paternity
of these novels was . . . disputed. Sir W. Scott.
Webster 1828 Edition
Paternity
PATERN'ITY
,Noun.
The world, while it had scarcity of people, underwent no other dominion than paternity and eldership.
Definition 2024
paternity
paternity
English
Noun
paternity (countable and uncountable, plural paternities)
- fatherhood, being a father
- parental descent from a father
- (law) legal acknowledgement of a man's fatherhood of a child
- (figuratively) authorship
Translations
fatherhood — see fatherhood
parental descent from father's side
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