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What does parentage mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word parentage? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. The identity and nature of one's parents, and in particular, the legitimacy of one's birth.
  2. The social quality of one's class in society.
  3. origin; derivation
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Very nearly the first hundred pages are devoted to her parentage, schooling, courtship and marriage.
The nineteen-year-old in question is precociously hirsute on account of his Mediterranean parentage.
In the 9th cent., Gaels and Picts were finally united under a Gaelic king, probably of mixed parentage.
This statement could lead to a person being cast out of some families, particularly those with Liverpudlian parentage.
He slammed his fist down on the snooze button and brought into question its parentage.
Like so many adoptive children he is caught up in a compulsive search to discover the truth about his real parentage.

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