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parentage
noun 3
Collocations
3ADJ.
equal, good, good, obscure, unknown
VERB + PARENTAGE
fortunes, grounds
ADV.
only
Definitions
noun
1
The identity and nature of one's parents, and in particular, the legitimacy of one's birth.
I am a Lord, for so my deedes ſhall prooue, And yet a ſhepheard by my Parentage: […]
English gentlemen, after all, do not discriminate against each other on the grounds of parentage, only of breeding.
2
The social quality of one's class in society.
My fortunes parentage — good parentage — To equal mine! — was it not thus? What say you?
Mr. Worthington. Second son. We shall find better. He is of dubious parentage.
3
Origin; derivation.
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Idioms & Phrases
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I am a Lord, for so my deedes ſhall prooue, And yet a ſhepheard by my Parentage: […]
Wiktionary02
English gentlemen, after all, do not discriminate against each other on the grounds of parentage, only of breeding.
Wiktionary03
My fortunes parentage — good parentage — To equal mine! — was it not thus? What say you?
Wiktionary04
His parentage was unknown to us.
Tatoeba · #28686905
She is of American parentage.
Tatoeba · #31031706
It is somewhat curious that the three persons whose names are the most universally recorded were of very obscure parentage.
Tatoeba · #1530029Usage Notes
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