parentage
About 1.01 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun The identity and nature of one's parents, and in particular, the legitimacy of one's birth.
- noun The social quality of one's class in society.
- noun Origin; derivation.
Similar words
ancestry pedigree bloodline lineage stock origin descent birth line blood
Often followed by
of and is in was or to act are
Word family
parentages
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