par·ent·age /ˈpærəntɪʤ, ˈpɛr-/
U父親的身分,母親的身分;根本;出身
Par·ent·age n. 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?”
Though men esteem thee low of parentage. --Milton.
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parentage
n 1: the state of being a parent; "to everyone's surprise,
parenthood reformed the man" [syn: parenthood]
2: the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents [syn: birth]
3: the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has
been warriors" [syn: lineage, line, line of descent,
descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree,
ancestry, origin, stemma, stock]