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Maternity

Maternity Meaning & Definition
Maternity Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Maternity?

[n] the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother

Synonyms | Synonyms for Maternity: motherhood

Related Terms | Find terms related to Maternity: affiliation | agnation | alliance | ancestry | blood | blood relationship | brotherhood | brothership | cognation | common ancestry | common descent | connection | consanguinity | cousinhood | cousinship | enation | fatherhood | filiation | fraternity | kindred | kinship | maternalness | matrilineage | matriliny | matrisib | matrocliny | motherhood | motherliness | mothership | parenthood | paternity | patrilineage | patriliny | patrisib | patrocliny | pregnancy | propinquity | relation | relationship | sibship | sisterhood | sistership | ties of blood

See Also | family relationship | kinship | relationship

Maternity In Webster's Dictionary

\Ma*ter"ni*ty\, n. [F. maternit['e], LL. maternitas.] The state of being a mother; the character or relation of a mother.

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