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Paternity

Paternity Meaning & Definition
Paternity Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Paternity?

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

Synonyms | Synonyms for Paternity: fatherhood

Related Terms | Find terms related to Paternity: affiliation | agnation | alliance | ancestry | blood | blood relationship | brotherhood | brothership | cognation | common ancestry | common descent | connection | consanguinity | cousinhood | cousinship | descent | enation | extraction | family | fatherhood | fatherliness | filiation | fraternity | heritage | kindred | kinship | line | lineage | maternity | matrilineage | matriliny | matrisib | matrocliny | motherhood | parentage | paternalness | patrilineage | patriliny | patrisib | patrocliny | propinquity | relation | relationship | sibship | sisterhood | sistership | stock | strain | ties of blood

See Also | family relationship | kinship | relationship

Paternity In Webster's Dictionary

\Pa*ter"ni*ty\, n. [L. paternitas: cf. F. paternit['e]. See {Paternal}.] 1. The relation of a father to his child; fathership; fatherhood; family headship; as, the divine paternity. The world, while it had scarcity of people, underwent no other dominion than paternity and eldership. --Sir W. Raleigh. 2. Derivation or descent from a father; male parentage; as, the paternity of a child. 3. Origin; authorship. The paternity of these novels was . . . disputed. --Sir W. Scott.

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