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Parricide

Parricide Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Parricide? [n] murder of your own parents [n] someone who kills his or her parent Synonyms \| Synonyms for Parricide: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Parricide: aborticide \| fratricide \| fungicide \| genocide \| germicide \| herbicide \| homicide \| infanticide \| insecticide \| matricide \| microbicide \| patricide \| pesticide \| regicide \| rodenticide \| sororicide \| suicide \| uxoricide \| vermicide See Also \| execution \| homicide \| liquidator \| manslayer \| matricide \| matricide \| murder \| murderer \| patricide \| patricide \| slaying Parricide In Webster's Dictionary \Par"ri*cide\, n. [F., fr. L. parricida; pater father + caedere to kill. See {Father}, {Homicide}, and cf. {Patricide}.] 1. Properly, one who murders one's own father; in a wider sense, one who murders one's father or mother or any ancestor. 2. [L. parricidium.] The act or crime of murdering one's own father or any ancestor.

Parricide Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Parricide?

[n] murder of your own parents
[n] someone who kills his or her parent

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Parricide In Webster's Dictionary

\Par"ri*cide\, n. [F., fr. L. parricida; pater father
+ caedere to kill. See {Father}, {Homicide}, and cf.
{Patricide}.]
1. Properly, one who murders one's own father; in a wider
   sense, one who murders one's father or mother or any
   ancestor.

2. [L. parricidium.] The act or crime of murdering one's own
   father or any ancestor.

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