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parentages

parentages is the plural of parentage.

Meaning of parentage

Noun

parentage (countable and uncountable, plural parentages)

  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: […]c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
  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?c. 1607–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, [George Wilkins?], The Late, and Much Admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: […] [William White and Thomas Creede] for Henry...
  3. (figuratively) Origin; derivation.

Questions about parentages

What is parentages the plural of?
Parentages is the plural of parentage.

Words near parentages in the dictionary

  1. parent-teacher organizations
  2. parent-teacher-student association
  3. parent-teacher-student associations
  4. parent-to-be
  5. parentage
  6. parentages
  7. parental
  8. Parental Accompaniment
  9. parental alienation
  10. parental alienation syndrome
  11. parental control

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Adapted from Wiktionary: parentages (page history and authors); parentage (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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